Jeremiah 51:8

Jeremiah 51:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
• New International Version (NIV)Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.

Context of Jeremiah 51:8

6Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don’t get trapped in her punishment! It is the Lord’s time for vengeance; he will repay her in full. 7Babylon has been a gold cup in the Lord’s hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon’s wine, and it drove them all mad. But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed. 9We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. Let her go; abandon her. Return now to your own land. For her punishment reaches to the heavens; it is so great it cannot be measured. 10The Lord has vindicated us. Come, let us announce in Jerusalem everything the Lord our God has done.

Jeremiah 51:8 word by word

פִּתְאֹ֛ם נָפְלָ֥ה בָבֶ֖ל וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑ר הֵילִ֣ילוּ עָלֶ֗יהָ קְח֤וּ צֳרִי֙ לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּ אוּלַ֖י תֵּרָפֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• is suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• and destroyedשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• for her; takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• balmצֳרִיtserîy tsŏrîy · balsamH6875
• for her painמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
• if so be she may be healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:8

• Jeremiah 51:41“How Babylon is fallen— great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an object of horror among the nations.
• Jeremiah 50:2This is what the Lord says: “Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back. Raise a signal flag to tell everyone that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.
• Isaiah 21:9Now at last—look! Here comes a man in a chariot with a pair of horses!” Then the watchman said, “Babylon is fallen, fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!”
• Isaiah 47:9Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic.
• Revelation 14:8Then another angel followed him through the sky, shouting, “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen—because she made all the nations of the world drink the wine of her passionate immorality.”
• Revelation 18:2He gave a mighty shout: “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.
• Jeremiah 48:20“And the reply comes back, ‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced; weep and wail! Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River: Moab has been destroyed!’
• Isaiah 13:6Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy.
• Ezekiel 27:30They cry aloud over you and weep bitterly. They throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
• Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and give this message from the Sovereign Lord: “Weep and wail for that day,
• Daniel 5:24So God has sent this hand to write this message.
• Revelation 18:9And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
• Revelation 18:17In a single moment all the wealth of the city is gone!” And all the captains of the merchant ships and their passengers and sailors and crews will stand at a distance.
• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?
• Jeremiah 30:12This is what the Lord says: “Your injury is incurable— a terrible wound.
• Jeremiah 46:11“Go up to Gilead to get medicine, O virgin daughter of Egypt! But your many treatments will bring you no healing.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed - These appear to be the words of some of the spectators of Babylon's misery.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Destroyed - literally, broken, as was the hammer Jeremiah 50:23. The cup, though of metal, is thrown down so violently as to be shattered by the fall. Howl for her - The persons addressed are the many inhabitants of Babylon who were dragged from their homes to people its void places, and especially the Israelites. They have dwelt there long enough to feel pity for her, when they contrast her past magnificence with her terrible fall. Compare Jeremiah 29:7.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Jeremiah predicted the fall of the Babylonian Empire. Even though the Lord was delivering justice, people needed to mourn the event.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Her friends and confederates, who behold her fall, are invited to her aid. They reply, her case is incurable, and that they must leave her to her fate. (Is 21:9; Re 14:8; 18:2, 9). balm--(Jr 8:22; 46:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:8

• Balm
• Drunkenness
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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