Jeremiah 51:34

Jeremiah 51:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
• New International Version (NIV)“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his stomach with my delicacies; he has rinsed me out.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.

Context of Jeremiah 51:34

32The passages are blocked, The reeds they have burned with fire, And the men of war are terrified. 33For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the time of her harvest will come.” “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon Has devoured me, he has crushed me; He has made me an empty vessel, He has swallowed me up like a monster; He has filled his stomach with my delicacies, He has spit me out. 35Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,” The inhabitant of Zion will say; “And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!” Jerusalem will say. 36Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

Jeremiah 51:34 word by word

אֲכָלַ֣נִי הֲמָמַ֗נִי נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶל֒ הִצִּיגַ֙נִי֙ כְּלִ֣י רִ֔יק בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ כַּתַּנִּ֔ין מִלָּ֥א כְרֵשׂ֖וֹ מֵֽעֲדָנָ֑י הֱדִיחָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nebuchadrezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרנבוּכדרא צּור נבוּכדראצּר · NebuchadnezzarH5019
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• hath devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• me, he hath crushedהָמַםhâmam · to confuseH2000
• me, he hath madeיָצַגyâtsag · to setH3322
• me an emptyרִיקrîyq · vainH7385
• vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• he hath swallowed me upבָּלַעbâla‛ · to swallow upH1104
• like a dragonתַּנִּיןtannîyn tannîym · serpent: monsterH8577
• he hath filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• his bellyכְּרֵשׂkerêώ · bellyH3770
• with my delicatesעֵ֫דֶן‛êden ‛ednâh · delicacyH5730
• he hath cast me outדּוּחַdûach · to washH1740

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:34

• Jeremiah 51:49As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
• Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
• Jeremiah 50:7All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries said, ‘We have not offended, Because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, The Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!
• Jeremiah 48:11“Moab has been at ease from his youth; He has settled on his dregs, And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste remained in him, And his scent has not changed.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
• Isaiah 34:11But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it, Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And He shall stretch out over it The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
• Nahum 2:2For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches.
• Jeremiah 51:44I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed; And the nations shall not stream to him anymore. Yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
• Job 20:15He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
• Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!”
• Ezekiel 36:3therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people”—
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,
• Matthew 23:14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Nebuchadrezzar - hath devoured me - These are the words of Judea; he has taken away all my riches. He hath cast me out - He shall vomit all up; i.e., they shall be regained.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Literally, “Nebuchadrezzar … hath devoured us, hath crushed us, he hath set as aside as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed as like a crocodile, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies Genesis 49:20, he hath cast us out. My wrong and my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitress of Zion say: and my blood be etc.” Nebuchadnezzar had devoured Jerusalem, had treated her as ruthlessly as a crocodile does its prey, and for this cruelty he and Babylon are…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. me--Zion speaks. Her groans are what bring down retribution in kind on Babylon (Jr 50:17; Psa 102:13, 17, 20). empty vessel--He has drained me out. dragon--The serpent often "swallows" its prey whole; or a sea monster [Grotius]. filled his belly ... cast me out--like a beast, which, having "filled" himself to satiety, "casts out" the rest [Calvin]. After filling all his storehouses with my goods, he has cast me out of this land [Grotius].Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:34

• Persia
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In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Device
• Dragon
• Empty
• Hold
• Mount
• Whale
• Delicate; Delicately
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

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