Jeremiah 51:52

Jeremiah 51:52 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
• New International Version (NIV)“But days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Yes,” says the Lord, “but the time is coming when I will destroy Babylon’s idols. The groans of her wounded people will be heard throughout the land.

Context of Jeremiah 51:52

50You who have escaped the sword, Get away! Do not stand still! Remember the Lord afar off, And let Jerusalem come to your mind. 51We are ashamed because we have heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house. “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will bring judgment on her carved images, And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan. 53Though Babylon were to mount up to heaven, And though she were to fortify the height of her strength, Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord. 54The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,

Jeremiah 51:52 word by word

לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּֽה־יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וּפָקַדְתִּ֖י עַל־פְּסִילֶ֑יהָ וּבְכָל־אַרְצָ֖הּ יֶאֱנֹ֥ק חָלָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore, behold, the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• that I will do judgmentפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• upon her graven imagesפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456
• and through all her landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the woundedחָלָלchâlâl · slain: woundedH2491
• shall groanאָנַק'ânaq · to groanH602

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:52

• Jeremiah 51:47Therefore 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.
• Jeremiah 50:38A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images, And they are insane with their idols.
• Isaiah 13:15Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
• Ezekiel 30:24I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
• Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:52

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 52Therefore: The Lord agreed that their past was shameful, but he gave them hope for the future when Babylon's power would be broken.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5252. Wherefore--because of these sighs of the Jews directed to God (Jr 51:21). I ... judgment upon ... images--in opposition to the Babylonian taunt that Jehovah's religion was a thing of naught, since they had burned His temple (Jr 51:51): I will show that, though I have thus visited the Jews neglect of Me, yet those gods of Babylon cannot save themselves, much less their votaries, who shall "through all her land" lie and "groan" with wounds.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:52

• Idolatry
• Persia
• War

In the dictionaries

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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