Jeremiah 51:51

Jeremiah 51:51 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
• New International Version (NIV)“We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord’s house.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)'We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for foreigners have come into the holy places of the Lord's house.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.

Context of Jeremiah 51:51

49Indeed, Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, As the slain of all the earth have also fallen for Babylon. 50You who have escaped the sword, Go! Do not stay! Remember the Lord from far away, And let Jerusalem come to your mind. We are ashamed because we have heard rebuke; Disgrace has covered our faces, Because strangers have entered The holy places of the Lord’s house. 52“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will punish her idols, And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land. 53Though Babylon ascends to the heavens, And though she fortifies her lofty stronghold, Destroyers will come from Me to her,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:51 word by word

בֹּ֚שְׁנוּ כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֣עְנוּ חֶרְפָּ֔ה כִּסְּתָ֥ה כְלִמָּ֖ה פָּנֵ֑ינוּ כִּ֚י בָּ֣אוּ זָרִ֔ים עַֽל־מִקְדְּשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• We areבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• we have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• rebukeחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• Disgraceכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
• has coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• our facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• have enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• The holyמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh miqqedâsh · sanctuaryH4720
• of the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:51

• Jeremiah 3:22“Return, you faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to You; For You are the Lord our God.
• Jeremiah 31:19For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I slapped my thigh; I was ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the shame of my youth.’
• Psalms 74:18Remember this, Lord, that the enemy has taunted You, And a foolish people has treated Your name disrespectfully.
• Psalms 79:4We have become a disgrace before our neighbors, An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
• Psalms 123:3Be gracious to us, Lord, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of contempt.
• Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass along the way Clap their hands in ridicule at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city of which they said, ‘Perfect in beauty, A joy to all the earth’?”
• Lamentations 5:1Remember, Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and see our disgrace!
• Ezekiel 36:30Instead, I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations.
• Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
• Jeremiah 14:3Their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their containers empty; They have been put to shame and humiliated, And they cover their heads,
• Psalms 44:13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, Of scoffing and ridicule to those around us.
• Psalms 69:7Because for Your sake I have endured disgrace; Dishonor has covered my face.
• Psalms 71:13May those who are enemies of my soul be put to shame and consumed; May they be covered with disgrace and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
• Psalms 109:29May my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And may they cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces, and a bald patch on all their heads.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 51Strangers are come into the sanctuaries - The lamentation of the pious Jews for the profanation of the temple by the Chaldeans.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 51Confounded - Or, ashamed. The verse is a statement of the wrong done to the exiles by Babylon, and so leads naturally to Babylon‘s punishment Jeremiah 51:52.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 51The exiled people felt deep shame and disgrace for their past sins. The Babylonians defiled the Lord's Temple when they destroyed it in 586 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5151. The prophet anticipates the Jews' reply; I know you will say in despair, "We are confounded," &c. "Wherefore (God saith to you) behold, I will," &c. (Jr 51:52) [Calvin]. I prefer taking Jr 51:51 as the prayer which the Jews are directed to offer in exile (Jr 51:50), "let Jerusalem come into your mind" (and say in prayer to God), "We are confounded." This view is confirmed by Psa 44:15, 16; 79:4; 102:17-20; Is 62:6, 7. for strangers--The "reproach,"…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