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Jeremiah 51:47
47"Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Jeremiah 51:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
- New International Version (NIV)For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore behold, the days are coming That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon; Her whole land shall be ashamed, And all her slain shall fall in her midst.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the time is surely coming when I will punish this great city and all her idols. Her whole land will be disgraced, and her dead will lie in the streets.
Context of Jeremiah 51:47
45"Go out of the midst of her, my people! Let every one save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord! 46Let 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. "Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north, declares the Lord. 49Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:47 word by word
לָכֵן֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֔ים וּפָקַדְתִּי֙ עַל־פְּסִילֵ֣י בָבֶ֔ל וְכָל־אַרְצָ֖הּ תֵּב֑וֹשׁ וְכָל־חֲלָלֶ֖יהָ יִפְּל֥וּ בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore, behold, the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- that I will do judgmentפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
- upon the graven imagesפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456
- of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
- and her whole landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- shall be confoundedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
- and all her slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
- shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
- in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:47
- Jeremiah 51:52"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
- Jeremiah 50:2"Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
- Isaiah 21:9And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground."
- Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.
- Jeremiah 51:18They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
- Jeremiah 11:22therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,
- Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you? Will not pangs take hold of you like those of a woman in labor?
- Jeremiah 23:34And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, 'The burden of the Lord,' I will punish that man and his household.
- Jeremiah 25:12Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
- Jeremiah 51:24"I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 50:12your mother shall be utterly shamed, and she who bore you shall be disgraced. Behold, she shall be the last of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:47
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Therefore - The exiles were to note these things as signs of the approach of God‘s visitation. Confounded - Or, ashamed.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47-48The Lord's punishment of Babylon would make the heavens and earth rejoice because it shows God's justice.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4747. Grotius translates, "Because then (namely, on the third year) the time shall have come that," &c. confounded--at seeing their gods powerless to help them. her slain--in retribution for "Israel's slain" (Jr 51:49) who fell by her hand. Grotius translates, "her dancers," as in Jud 21:21, 23; 1Sa 18:6, the same Hebrew word is translated, alluding to the dancing revelry of the festival during which Cyrus took Babylon.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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