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Jeremiah 51:52
52“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.
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 King James Version (NKJV)“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.
Context of Jeremiah 51:52
50Get out, all you who have escaped the sword! Do not stand and watch—flee while you can! Remember the Lord, though you are in a far-off land, and think about your home in Jerusalem.” 51“We are ashamed,” the people say. “We are insulted and disgraced because the Lord’s Temple has been defiled by foreigners.” “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. 53Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens and makes her fortifications incredibly strong, I will still send enemies to plunder her. I, the Lord, have spoken! 54“Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
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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 51:47For the time is surely coming when I will punish this great city and all her idols. Her whole land will be disgraced, and her dead will lie in the streets.
- Jeremiah 50:38A drought will strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them.
- Isaiah 13:15Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword.
- Ezekiel 30:24I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will lie there mortally wounded, groaning in pain.
- Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
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
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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
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