Jeremiah 51:7

Jeremiah 51:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
• New International Version (NIV)Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord's hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, That made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged.

Context of Jeremiah 51:7

5For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken By his God, the Lord of hosts, Although their land is full of guilt Before the Holy One of Israel. 6Flee from the midst of Babylon, And each of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the Lord’s time of vengeance; He is going to render recompense to her. Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the nations are going mad. 8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed. 9We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed; Forsake her and let us each go to his own country, For her judgment has reached to heaven And towers up to the very skies.

Jeremiah 51:7 word by word

כּוֹס־זָהָ֤ב בָּבֶל֙ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ מִיֵּינָהּ֙ שָׁת֣וּ גוֹיִ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִתְהֹלְל֥וּ גוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• has been a goldenזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• cupכּוֹסkôs · cupH3563
• in the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Intoxicatingשָׁכַרshâkar · be drunkH7937
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• have drunkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• of her wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• Thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• goingהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• madהָלַלhâlal · to be foolishH1984

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:7

• Isaiah 14:4that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased!
• Daniel 2:32The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
• Revelation 17:4The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
• Daniel 3:1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
• Habakkuk 2:15“Woe to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness!
• Revelation 14:8And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
• Revelation 17:2with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”
• Revelation 18:3For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.”
• Revelation 19:2because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”
• Jeremiah 25:16They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”
• Jeremiah 50:38A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up! For it is a land of idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Made all the earth drunken - The cup of God's wrath is the plenitude of punishment, that he inflicts on transgressors. It is represented as intoxicating and making them mad.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Literally, “A golden cup is Babel in the hand of Yahweh, intoxicating the whole earth.” Jeremiah beholds her in her splendor, but the wine whereof she makes the nations drink is the wrath of God. As God‘s hammer Jeremiah 50:23, Babylon was strong: as His cup of gold, she was rich and beautiful, but neither saves her from ruin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Babylon was like a gold cup, a symbol of great power and wealth. The Lord used it to rule every nation in the ancient Near East. The nations drank her wine: All those nations suffered greatly under Babylon’s control.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Babylon is compared to a cup, because she was the vessel in the hand of God, to make drunken with His vengeance the other peoples (Jr 13:12; 25:15, 16). Compare as to spiritual Babylon, Re 14:8; 17:4. The cup is termed "golden," to express the splendor and opulence of Babylon; whence also in the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar (Da 2:38) the head representing Babylon is of gold (compare Is 14:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:7

• Drunkenness
• Gold
• Wine

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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