New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 51:13
13O you who 1dwell by many waters, Abundant in 2treasures, Your end has come, The 3measure of your 45end.
Jeremiah 51:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
- New International Version (NIV)You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be destroyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O you who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your covetousness.
Context of Jeremiah 51:13
11Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers! The Lord has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it; For it is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple. 12Lift up a signal against the walls of Babylon; Post a strong guard, Station sentries, Place men in ambush! For the Lord has both purposed and performed What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. O you who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your end. 14The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.” 15It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom, And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens.
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שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙ עַל־מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים רַבַּ֖ת אֽוֹצָרֹ֑ת בָּ֥א קִצֵּ֖ךְ אַמַּ֥ת בִּצְעֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:13
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.
- Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
- Jeremiah 50:37A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
- Isaiah 45:3I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden wealth of secret places, So that you may know that it is I, The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
- Habakkuk 2:5Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man, So that he does not stay at home. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples.
- Revelation 18:11“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more--
- Jeremiah 17:11As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly; In the midst of his days it will forsake him, And in the end he will be a fool.”
- Jeremiah 50:27Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.
- Genesis 6:18But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark--you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
- Lamentations 4:18They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
- Ezekiel 7:2“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.
- Daniel 5:26This is the interpretation of the message: ‘Menē’--God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it.
- Amos 8:2He said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer.
- 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
- Habakkuk 2:9“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
- Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13O thou that dwellest upon many waters - Thou who hast an abundant supply of waters. It was built on the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates; the latter running through the city. But the many waters may mean the many nations which belonged to the Babylonish empire; nations and people are frequently so called in Scripture.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Upon many waters - The great wealth of Babylonia was caused not merely by the Euphrates, but by a vast system of canals, which served for defense as well as for irrigation. The measure of thy covetousness - i. e., the appointed end of thy gain. Some render it: the ell of thy cutting off, i. e., the appointed measure at which thou art to be cut off, at which thy web of existence is to be severed from the loom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. waters--(Jr 51:32, 36; see on Is 21:1). The Euphrates surrounded the city and, being divided into many channels, formed islands. Compare as to spiritual Babylon "waters," that is, "many peoples," Re 17:1, 15. A large lake also was near Babylon. measure--literally, "cubit," which was the most common measure, and therefore is used for a measure in general. The time for putting a limit to thy covetousness [Gesenius]. There is no "and" in the Hebrew…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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