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!
• 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!
• New Living Translation (NLT)“How Babylon is fallen— great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an object of horror among the nations.

Context of Jeremiah 51:41

39But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter— then sleep forever and not awake,” declares the Lord. 40“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats. “How Sheshak will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! How desolate Babylon will be among the nations! 42The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her. 43Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no one travels.

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 25:26and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak will drink it too.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them.
• Jeremiah 49:25Why has the city of renown not been abandoned, the town in which I delight?
• Jeremiah 50:23How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!
• Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 14:4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
• Daniel 2:38in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
• Daniel 4:22Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.
• Daniel 5:4As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
• Revelation 18:10Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon! In one hour your doom has come!’
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.
• Jeremiah 50:46At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will tremble; its cry will resound among the nations.
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
• Ezekiel 27:35All who live in the coastlands are appalled at you; their kings shudder with horror and their faces are distorted with fear.

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