God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 51:49
49Because the people of Babylon have killed many Israelites and because they have killed many people throughout the earth, Babylon must fall.
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
47That is why the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s idols. The whole country will be put to shame, and all its soldiers will lie dead. 48Then heaven and earth and everything in them will rejoice over Babylon, because destroyers from the north will attack it,” declares the Lord. Because the people of Babylon have killed many Israelites and because they have killed many people throughout the earth, Babylon must fall. 50You people who escaped from the sword, leave! Don’t just stand there. Remember the Lord in a distant land, and think about Jerusalem. 51We have been put to shame, and we have been disgraced. Shame covers our faces, because foreigners have gone into 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 victory. Let’s announce in Zion what the Lord our God has done.
- Jeremiah 50:11“You are happy and excited. You have looted the people who belong to me. You dance around like calves on the grass and neigh like stallions.
- Judges 1:7Adoni Bezek said, “Seventy kings who had their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up food under my table. God has paid me back for what I did to them.” Judah’s troops brought Adoni Bezek to Jerusalem, where he died.
- Psalms 137:8You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.
- Matthew 7:2Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.
- James 2:13No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Revelation 18:5Her sins are piled as high as 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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