New English Translation
Jeremiah 51:42
42The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
Jeremiah 51:42 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Context of Jeremiah 51:42
40“I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.” 41“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! The 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. 44I will punish the god Bel in Babylon. I will make him spit out what he has swallowed. The nations will not come streaming to him any longer. Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall.”
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עָלָ֥ה עַל־בָּבֶ֖ל הַיָּ֑ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹן גַּלָּ֖יו נִכְסָֽתָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:42
- Psalms 18:4The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 42:7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
- Psalms 65:7You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.
- Psalms 93:3The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.
- Isaiah 8:7So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River – the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.
- Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
- Daniel 9:26Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.
- Luke 21:25“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:42
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42The sea is come up - A multitude of foes have inundated the city.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared to the sea.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42The sea represents the armies that attacked Babylon. The crashing waves symbolize the assault on the city.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4242. The sea--the host of Median invaders. The image (compare Jr 47:2; Is 8:7, 8) is appropriately taken from the Euphrates, which, overflowing in spring, is like a "sea" near Babylon (Jr 51:13, 32, 36).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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