Revised Version 1895
Jeremiah 51:30
30The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strong holds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah 51:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
- New International Version (NIV)Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become weaklings. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They have remained in their strongholds; Their might has failed, They became like women; They have burned her dwelling places, The bars of her gate are broken.
Context of Jeremiah 51:30
28Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of his dominion. 29And the land trembleth and is in pain: for the purposes of the LORD against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strong holds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken. 31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter: 32and the passages are surprised, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
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חָדְלוּ֩ גִבּוֹרֵ֨י בָבֶ֜ל לְהִלָּחֵ֗ם יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ בַּמְּצָד֔וֹת נָשְׁתָ֥ה גְבוּרָתָ֖ם הָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים הִצִּ֥יתוּ מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ בְרִיחֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
- mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
- fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
- remainיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- failedחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
- becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- placesמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- setיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
- barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
- brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:30
- Jeremiah 51:32and the passages are surprised, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- Jeremiah 48:41Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
- Psalms 76:5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.
- Isaiah 13:7Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:
- Isaiah 19:16It In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
- Nahum 3:13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.
- Revelation 18:10standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
- Psalms 107:16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
- Psalms 147:13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
- Isaiah 45:1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut;
- Lamentations 2:9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; yea, her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
- Amos 1:5And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The mighty men - have forborne to fight - They were panic-struck when they found the Medes and Persians within their walls, and at once saw that resistance was useless.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Have forborn to fight - Or, have ceased to fight: in despair when they saw that the conflict was hopeless. Holds - The word properly means an acropolis, and so any inaccessible place of refuge. They have burned - i. e., the enemy have burned. Bars - i. e., fortifications (compare Amos 1:5).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30The fall of Babylon occurred just as the Lord had planned. The Babylonian soldiers lost their will to fight, and the Persian invaders quickly entered the city.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. forborne to fight--for the city was not taken by force of arms, but by stratagem, according to the counsel given to Cyrus by two eunuchs of Belshazzar who deserted. remained in ... holds--not daring to go forth to fight; many, with Nabonidus, withdrew to the fortified city Borsippa.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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