Jeremiah 51:46

Jeremiah 51:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not lose heart or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land; one rumor comes this year, another the next, rumors of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But do not panic; don’t be afraid when you hear the first rumor of approaching forces. For rumors will keep coming year by year. Violence will erupt in the land as the leaders fight against each other.

Context of Jeremiah 51:46

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. 45“My people, go out of the midst of her! And let everyone deliver himself from the fierce anger of the Lord. And lest your heart faint, And you fear for the rumor that will be heard in the land (A rumor will come one year, And after that, in another year A rumor will come, And violence in the land, Ruler against ruler), 47Therefore behold, the days are coming That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon; Her whole land shall be ashamed, And all her slain shall fall in her midst. 48Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them Shall sing joyously over Babylon; For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:46 word by word

וּפֶן־יֵרַ֤ךְ לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְתִֽירְא֔וּ בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה הַנִּשְׁמַ֣עַת בָּאָ֑רֶץ וּבָ֧א בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה וְאַחֲרָ֤יו בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה וְחָמָ֣ס בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל עַל־מֹשֵֽׁל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And lest your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• faintרָכַךְrâkak · be tenderH7401
• and ye fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• for the rumourשְׁמוּעָהshemû‛âh · tidingsH8052
• that shall be heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall both comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• and violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• rulerמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:46

• 2 Kings 19:7Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
• Matthew 24:6And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
• Mark 13:7But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet.
• Luke 21:9But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.”
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger— Those who rejoice in My exaltation.”
• Isaiah 21:2A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease.
• Judges 7:22When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
• 1 Samuel 14:16Now the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and there was the multitude, melting away; and they went here and there.
• 2 Chronicles 20:23For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
• Isaiah 19:2“I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46A rumor shall - come one year - A year before the capture of the city there shall be a rumor of war, - and in that year Belshazzar was defeated by Cyrus. In the following year the city was taken.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46Literally, “And beware lest your heart faint, and ye be afraid because of the rumour that is heard in the land: for in one year shall one rumour come, and afterward in another year another rumour; and violence shall be in the land etc.” The fall of Babylon was to be preceded by a state of unquiet, men‘s minds being unsettled partly by rumors of the warlike preparations of the Medes, and of actual invasions: partly by intestine feuds. So before the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46violence: As an enemy army approached Babylon, the city's leaders blamed each other. Intense infighting was tearing Babylon apart.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 45-4645-46. (See on Jr 51:6).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