Jeremiah 51:41

Jeremiah 51:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
• New International Version (NIV)“How Sheshak will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! How desolate Babylon will be among the nations!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, how Sheshach is taken! Oh, how the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!

Context of Jeremiah 51:41

39When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up,” says the Lord. 40“I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.” “See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations! 42The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves. 43The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them.

Jeremiah 51:41 word by word

אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How is Sheshachשֵׁשַׁךְshêshak · BabylonH8347
• takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• and how is the praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• of the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• surprisedתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• how is Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• become an astonishmentשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:41

• Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, whether near or far from one another; and all the other kingdoms which are on the face of the earth. After all of them have drunk the wine of the Lord’s wrath, the king of Babylon must drink it.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all.
• Jeremiah 49:25How deserted will that once-famous city be, that city that was once filled with joy!
• Jeremiah 50:23Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that ‘hammer’ has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!
• Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.
• Isaiah 14:4you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!
• Daniel 2:38Wherever human beings, wild animals, and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.
• Daniel 4:22it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.
• Daniel 5:4As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
• 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!”
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.
• Jeremiah 50:46The people of the earth will quake when they hear Babylon has been captured. Her cries of anguish will be heard by the other nations.”
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’
• Ezekiel 27:35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid – their faces are troubled.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41How is Sheshach taken! - Perhaps the city is here called by the name of its idol. The praise of the whole earth - One of the seven wonders of the world; superexcellent for the height, breadth, and compass of its walls, its hanging gardens, the temple of Belus, etc., etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41Sheshach - Babylon: see the Jeremiah 51:1 note. Surprised - i. e., seized, captured.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4141. Sheshach--Babylon (compare Note, see Jr 25:26); called so from the goddess Shach, to whom a five days' festival was kept, during which, as in the Roman Saturnalia, the most unbridled licentiousness was permitted; slaves ruled their masters, and in every house one called Zogan, arrayed in a royal garment, was chosen to rule all the rest. He calls Babylon "Sheshach," to imply that it was during this feast the city was taken [Scaliger].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