Jeremiah 51:9

Jeremiah 51:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to our own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the heavens.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country, for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)We would have healed Babylon, But she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country; For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.

Context of Jeremiah 51:9

7Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord’s hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad. 8But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed! Foreigners living there will say, ‘We tried to heal her, but she could not be healed. Let’s leave Babylonia and each go back to his own country. For judgment on her will be vast in its proportions. It will be like it is piled up to heaven, stacked up into the clouds.’ 10The exiles from Judah will say, ‘The Lord has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let’s go and proclaim in Zion what the Lord our God has done!’ 11“Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the Lord will get his revenge – how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple.

Jeremiah 51:9 word by word

רִפִּ֣ינוּ אֶת־בָּבֶל֙ וְלֹ֣א נִרְפָּ֔תָה עִזְב֕וּהָ וְנֵלֵ֖ךְ אִ֣ישׁ לְאַרְצ֑וֹ כִּֽי־נָגַ֤ע אֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִשְׁפָּטָ֔הּ וְנִשָּׂ֖א עַד־שְׁחָקִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• We would have healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• forsakeעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• her, and let us goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• into his own countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for her judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• reachethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• unto heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and is lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• to the skiesשַׁ֫חַקshachaq · cloudH7834

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:9

• Jeremiah 8:20“They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.’
• Jeremiah 46:16I will make many stumble. They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee. They will say, ‘Get up! Let’s go back to our own people. Let’s go back to our homelands because the enemy is coming to destroy us.’
• Jeremiah 50:16Kill all the farmers who sow the seed in the land of Babylon. Kill all those who wield the sickle at harvest time. Let all the foreigners return to their own people. Let them hurry back to their own lands to escape destruction by that enemy army.
• Isaiah 13:14Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.
• Isaiah 47:15They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you.”
• Matthew 25:10But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
• 2 Chronicles 28:9Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice.
• Ezra 9:6I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.
• Daniel 4:20The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land,
• Revelation 18:5because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9We would have healed Babylon - Had it been in our power, we would have saved her; but we could not turn away the judgment of God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Omit would. All was done that it was possible to do to heal her. To the skies - Or, to the clouds.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Nothing could save Babylon; her punishment was immense. After Babylon fell, the exiles would return home. There, they could share stories of God's wonderful acts for them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Her friends and confederates, who behold her fall, are invited to her aid. They reply, her case is incurable, and that they must leave her to her fate. (Is 21:9; Re 14:8; 18:2, 9). balm--(Jr 8:22; 46:11).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