Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 51:49
49Babylon must fall because of the slain of Israel, even as the slain of the whole earth fell because of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:49 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)“Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain, just as the slain in all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
Context of Jeremiah 51:49
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. Babylon must fall because of the slain of Israel, even as the slain of the whole earth fell because of Babylon. 50You who have escaped the sword, go and do not stand still! Remember the Lord from far away, and let Jerusalem come to your mind. 51We are ashamed because we have heard insults. Humiliation covers our faces because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord’s temple.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:49 word by word
גַּם־בָּבֶ֕ל לִנְפֹּ֖ל חַֽלְלֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל גַּם־לְבָבֶ֥ל נָפְל֖וּ חַֽלְלֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:49
- Jeremiah 51:10The Lord has brought about our vindication; come, let’s tell in Zion what the Lord our God has accomplished.
- Jeremiah 50:11Because you rejoice, because you celebrate — you who plundered my inheritance — because you frolic like a young cow treading grain and neigh like stallions,
- Judges 1:7Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- Psalms 137:8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.
- Matthew 7:2For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:49
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 49Render, “As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so because of Babylon, hare fallen the slain of (or, in) the whole earth.” Babylon has to answer for the general carnage caused by its wars.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-50Babylon would face a punishment as harsh as the cruelty it inflicted on the Israelites and other nations.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4949. caused ... to fall--literally, "has been for the falling," that is, as Babylon made this its one aim to fill all places with the slain of Israel, so at Babylon shall all the slain of that whole land (not as English Version, "of all the earth") [Maurer]. Henderson translates, "Babylon also shall fall, ye slain of Israel. Those also of Babylon shall fall, O ye slain of all the earth." But, "in the midst of her," Jr 51:47, plainly answers to "at…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
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