Jeremiah 51:46

Jeremiah 51:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not lose heart or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land; one rumor comes this year, another the next, rumors of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And lest your heart faint, And you fear for the rumor that will be heard in the land (A rumor will come one year, And after that, in another year A rumor will come, And violence in the land, Ruler against ruler),

Context of Jeremiah 51:46

44I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him vomit what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even Babylon’s wall will fall. 45Come out from among her, my people! Save your lives, each of you, from the Lord’s burning anger. May you not become cowardly and fearful when the report is proclaimed in the land, for the report will come one year, and then another the next year. There will be violence in the land with ruler against ruler. 47Therefore, look, the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s carved images. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her. 48Heaven and earth and everything in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her. This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 51:46 word by word

וּפֶן־יֵרַ֤ךְ לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְתִֽירְא֔וּ בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה הַנִּשְׁמַ֣עַת בָּאָ֑רֶץ וּבָ֧א בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה וְאַחֲרָ֤יו בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה וְחָמָ֣ס בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל עַל־מֹשֵֽׁל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And lest your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• faintרָכַךְrâkak · be tenderH7401
• and ye fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• for the rumourשְׁמוּעָהshemû‛âh · tidingsH8052
• that shall be heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall both comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• and violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• rulerמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:46

• 2 Kings 19:7I am about to put a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
• Matthew 24:6You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.
• Mark 13:7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be alarmed; these things must take place, but it is not yet the end.
• Luke 21:9When you hear of wars and rebellions, don’t be alarmed. Indeed, it is necessary that these things take place first, but the end won’t come right away.”
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my warriors, who celebrate my triumph, to execute my wrath.
• Isaiah 21:2A troubling vision is declared to me: “The treacherous one acts treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning.”
• Judges 7:22When Gideon’s men blew their three hundred rams’ horns, the Lord caused the men in the whole army to turn on each other with their swords. They fled to Acacia House in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
• 1 Samuel 14:16When Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, they saw the panicking troops scattering in every direction.
• 2 Chronicles 20:23The Ammonites and Moabites turned against the inhabitants of Mount Seir and completely annihilated them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped destroy each other.
• Isaiah 19:2I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46A rumor shall - come one year - A year before the capture of the city there shall be a rumor of war, - and in that year Belshazzar was defeated by Cyrus. In the following year the city was taken.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46Literally, “And beware lest your heart faint, and ye be afraid because of the rumour that is heard in the land: for in one year shall one rumour come, and afterward in another year another rumour; and violence shall be in the land etc.” The fall of Babylon was to be preceded by a state of unquiet, men‘s minds being unsettled partly by rumors of the warlike preparations of the Medes, and of actual invasions: partly by intestine feuds. So before the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46violence: As an enemy army approached Babylon, the city's leaders blamed each other. Intense infighting was tearing Babylon apart.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 45-4645-46. (See on Jr 51:6).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings