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Jeremiah 51:49
49“Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain, just as the slain in all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:49 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Just as Babylon killed the people of Israel and others throughout the world, so must her people be killed.
Context of Jeremiah 51:49
47For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her. 48Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, for out of the north destroyers will attack her,” declares the Lord. “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain, just as the slain in all the earth have fallen because of Babylon. 50You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and call to mind Jerusalem.” 51“We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord’s house.”
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:49 word by word
גַּם־בָּבֶ֕ל לִנְפֹּ֖ל חַֽלְלֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל גַּם־לְבָבֶ֥ל נָפְל֖וּ חַֽלְלֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:49
- Jeremiah 51:10“ ‘The Lord has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what the Lord our God has done.’
- Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions,
- Judges 1:7Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- Psalms 137:8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
- Matthew 7:2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- James 2:13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Revelation 18:5for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:49
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 49Render, “As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so because of Babylon, hare fallen the slain of (or, in) the whole earth.” Babylon has to answer for the general carnage caused by its wars.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-50Babylon would face a punishment as harsh as the cruelty it inflicted on the Israelites and other nations.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4949. caused ... to fall--literally, "has been for the falling," that is, as Babylon made this its one aim to fill all places with the slain of Israel, so at Babylon shall all the slain of that whole land (not as English Version, "of all the earth") [Maurer]. Henderson translates, "Babylon also shall fall, ye slain of Israel. Those also of Babylon shall fall, O ye slain of all the earth." But, "in the midst of her," Jr 51:47, plainly answers to "at…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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