Jeremiah 51:41

Jeremiah 51:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
• New International Version (NIV)“How Sheshak will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! How desolate Babylon will be among the nations!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, how Sheshach is taken! Oh, how the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!

Context of Jeremiah 51:41

39And while they lie inflamed with all their wine, I will prepare a different kind of feast for them. I will make them drink until they fall asleep, and they will never wake up again,” says the Lord. 40“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats to be sacrificed. “How Babylon is fallen— great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an object of horror among the nations. 42The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves. 43Her cities now lie in ruins; she is a dry wasteland where no one lives or even passes by.

Jeremiah 51:41 word by word

אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How is Sheshachשֵׁשַׁךְshêshak · BabylonH8347
• takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• and how is the praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• of the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• surprisedתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• how is Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• become an astonishmentשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:41

• Jeremiah 25:26And I gave it to the kings of the northern countries, far and near, one after the other—all the kingdoms of the world. And finally, the king of Babylon himself drank from the cup of the Lord’s anger.
• Daniel 5:1Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
• Jeremiah 49:25That famous city, a city of joy, will be forsaken!
• Jeremiah 50:23Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
• Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
• Isaiah 14:4you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.
• Daniel 2:38He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds under your control. You are the head of gold.
• Daniel 4:22That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you have grown strong and great; your greatness reaches up to heaven, and your rule to the ends of the earth.
• Daniel 5:4While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
• Revelation 18:10They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, “How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God’s judgment came on you.”
• Jeremiah 51:37and Babylon will become a heap of ruins, haunted by jackals. She will be an object of horror and contempt, a place where no one lives.
• Jeremiah 50:46The earth will shake with the shout, “Babylon has been taken!” and its cry of despair will be heard around the world.
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, ridicule, and mockery among all the nations to which the Lord sends you.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’
• Ezekiel 27:35All who live along the coastlands are appalled at your terrible fate. Their kings are filled with horror and look on with twisted faces.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41How is Sheshach taken! - Perhaps the city is here called by the name of its idol. The praise of the whole earth - One of the seven wonders of the world; superexcellent for the height, breadth, and compass of its walls, its hanging gardens, the temple of Belus, etc., etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41Sheshach - Babylon: see the Jeremiah 51:1 note. Surprised - i. e., seized, captured.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4141. Sheshach--Babylon (compare Note, see Jr 25:26); called so from the goddess Shach, to whom a five days' festival was kept, during which, as in the Roman Saturnalia, the most unbridled licentiousness was permitted; slaves ruled their masters, and in every house one called Zogan, arrayed in a royal garment, was chosen to rule all the rest. He calls Babylon "Sheshach," to imply that it was during this feast the city was taken [Scaliger].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