Jeremiah 51:12

Jeremiah 51:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
• New International Version (NIV)Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The Lord will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon; Make the guard strong, Set up the watchmen, Prepare the ambushes. For the Lord has both devised and done What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Context of Jeremiah 51:12

10The Lord has vindicated us. Come, let us announce in Jerusalem everything the Lord our God has done. 11Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes to march against Babylon and destroy her. This is his vengeance against those who desecrated his Temple. Raise the battle flag against Babylon! Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen. Prepare an ambush, for the Lord will fulfill all his plans against Babylon. 13You are a city by a great river, a great center of commerce, but your end has come. The thread of your life is cut. 14The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has taken this vow and has sworn to it by his own name: “Your cities will be filled with enemies, like fields swarming with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

Jeremiah 51:12 word by word

אֶל־חוֹמֹ֨ת בָּבֶ֜ל שְׂאוּ־נֵ֗ס הַחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ הַמִּשְׁמָ֔ר הָקִ֙ימוּ֙ שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים הָכִ֖ינוּ הָאֹֽרְבִ֑ים כִּ֚י גַּם־זָמַ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה גַּם־עָשָׂ֕ה אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Set upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• the standardנֵסnês · ensignH5251
• upon the wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• make the watchמִשְׁמָרmishmâr · custodyH4929
• strongחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• set upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• the watchmenשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• the ambushesאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath both devisedזָמַםzâmam · to planH2161
• and doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• that which he spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• against the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:12

• Jeremiah 46:3“Prepare your shields, and advance into battle!
• Proverbs 21:30No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.
• Isaiah 8:9“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
• Isaiah 13:2“Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon. Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
• Joel 3:2I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, my special possession, for scattering my people among the nations, and for dividing up my land.
• Nahum 2:1Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh. Man the ramparts! Watch the roads! Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!
• Nahum 3:14Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the defenses! Go into the pits to trample clay, and pack it into molds, making bricks to repair the walls.
• Joshua 8:14When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley. But he didn’t realize there was an ambush behind the town.
• Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes to march against Babylon and destroy her. This is his vengeance against those who desecrated his Temple.
• Lamentations 2:17But it is the Lord who did just as he planned. He has fulfilled the promises of disaster he made long ago. He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy. He has caused her enemies to gloat over her and has given them power over her.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Set up the standard - A call to the enemies of Babylon to invest the city and press the siege.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Upon the walls of Babylon - Or, “against the walls.” The King James Version takes the word ironically, as a summons to Babylon to prepare for her defense; others take it as a summons to the army to make the attack.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The kings of the Medes included Cyrus. He marched against Babylon and overthrew it in 539 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. With all your efforts, your city shall be taken. standard--to summon the defenders together to any point threatened by the besiegers.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:12

• Ambush
• Persia
• Standard
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In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Ambush
• Device
• Empty
• Hold
• Mount
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

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