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Jeremiah 51:56
56A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.
Jeremiah 51:56 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon, And her mighty men are taken. Every one of their bows is broken; For the Lord is the God of recompense, He will surely repay.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Destroying armies come against Babylon. Her mighty men are captured, and their weapons break in their hands. For the Lord is a God who gives just punishment; he always repays in full.
Context of Jeremiah 51:56
54“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians. 55The Lord will destroy Babylon; he will silence her noisy din. Waves of enemies will rage like great waters; the roar of their voices will resound. A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full. 57I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep forever and not awake,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty. 58This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:56 word by word
כִּי֩ בָ֨א עָלֶ֤יהָ עַל־בָּבֶל֙ שׁוֹדֵ֔ד וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ גִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ חִתְּתָ֖ה קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֣י אֵ֧ל גְּמֻל֛וֹת יְהוָ֖ה שַׁלֵּ֥ם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Because the spoilerשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
- is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- upon Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
- and her mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- are takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
- every one of their bowsקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
- is brokenחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
- for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- of recompencesגְּמוּלָהgemûlâh · recompenseH1578
- shall surelyשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:56
- Jeremiah 51:48Then 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.
- Jeremiah 50:10So Babylonia will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the Lord.
- Isaiah 21:2A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
- Habakkuk 2:8Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
- Revelation 17:16The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- Jeremiah 51:30Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become weaklings. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror.
- Genesis 49:24But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- 1 Samuel 2:4“The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
- Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
- Psalms 46:9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
- Psalms 76:3There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
- Ezekiel 39:3Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
- Jeremiah 51:6“Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.
- Jeremiah 50:28Listen to the fugitives and refugees from Babylon declaring in Zion how the Lord our God has taken vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
- Deuteronomy 32:35It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:56
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 56The Lord God of recompenses - The fall of Babylon is an act of Divine justice; whatever it suffers, it is in consequence of its crimes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 56Every one - Or, “Their bows are broken, for Yahweh is a God of recompenses; He will certainly requite.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 55-56The destruction of Babylon was not an accident. The Lord controlled it and would make it happen. The sound (Jeremiah 51:54) would turn into the silence of death. The invading army would kill or capture the Babylonian soldiers, and the people would flee into the countryside.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5656. taken--when they were least expecting it, and in such a way that resistance was impossible.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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