New English Translation
Jeremiah 51:30
30The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.
Jeremiah 51:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
- New International Version (NIV)Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become weaklings. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They have remained in their strongholds; Their might has failed, They became like women; They have burned her dwelling places, The bars of her gate are broken.
Context of Jeremiah 51:30
28Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her. 29The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. For the Lord will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia a wasteland where no one lives. The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down. 31One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured. 32They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:30 word by word
חָדְלוּ֩ גִבּוֹרֵ֨י בָבֶ֜ל לְהִלָּחֵ֗ם יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ בַּמְּצָד֔וֹת נָשְׁתָ֥ה גְבוּרָתָ֖ם הָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים הִצִּ֥יתוּ מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ בְרִיחֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
- have forbornחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
- to fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
- they have remainedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- holdsמְצָדmetsad metsâd metsâdâh · strongholdH4679
- their mightגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
- hath failedנָשַׁתnâshath · be dryH5405
- they became as womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- they have burnedיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
- her dwellingplacesמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- her barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
- are brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:30
- Jeremiah 51:32They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.
- Jeremiah 48:41Her towns will be captured. Her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 50:36Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!
- Psalms 76:5The bravehearted were plundered; they “fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.
- Isaiah 13:7For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.
- Isaiah 19:16At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.
- Nahum 3:13Your warriors will be like women in your midst; the gates of your land will be wide open to your enemies; fire will consume the bars of your gates.
- Revelation 18:10They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, “Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!”
- Psalms 107:16For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.
- Psalms 147:13For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.
- Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:
- Lamentations 2:9Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord. י (Yod)
- Amos 1:5I will break the bar on the gate of Damascus. I will remove the ruler from Wicked Valley, the one who holds the royal scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be deported to Kir.” The Lord has spoken!
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The mighty men - have forborne to fight - They were panic-struck when they found the Medes and Persians within their walls, and at once saw that resistance was useless.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Have forborn to fight - Or, have ceased to fight: in despair when they saw that the conflict was hopeless. Holds - The word properly means an acropolis, and so any inaccessible place of refuge. They have burned - i. e., the enemy have burned. Bars - i. e., fortifications (compare Amos 1:5).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30The fall of Babylon occurred just as the Lord had planned. The Babylonian soldiers lost their will to fight, and the Persian invaders quickly entered the city.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. forborne to fight--for the city was not taken by force of arms, but by stratagem, according to the counsel given to Cyrus by two eunuchs of Belshazzar who deserted. remained in ... holds--not daring to go forth to fight; many, with Nabonidus, withdrew to the fortified city Borsippa.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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