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

39When they become hot, I will set out a banquet for them and will make them so drunk that they become merry— and then sleep a perpetual sleep and never awake.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 40“I will drag them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats. How has Sheshach been taken, the praise of the whole earth seized? How has Babylon become a horror among the nations! 42The sea has risen over Babylon— she is covered with its roaring waves. 43Her cities became desolation, a dry land, desert, uninhabited land, through which no son of man passes.

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 25:26all the kings of the north, either far or close to another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And the king of Sheshach will drink after them.”
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and was drinking wine in front of the thousand.
• Jeremiah 49:25How is the city of praise deserted— the city of my joy?
• Jeremiah 50:23How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut down and smashed! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
• Isaiah 13:19So Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of Chaldean pride, will be just as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 14:4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon and say: “How the taskmaster has ceased! The raging oppressor, exacter of gold, has ceased!
• Daniel 2:38Wherever mankind, beasts of the field, and fowls of the heaven dwell, He has given them into your hand, and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
• Daniel 4:22“You will be driven away from people and will dwell with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass over you until you know that the Most High is sovereign over the realm of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.
• Daniel 5:4They drank the wine and praised the gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.
• Revelation 18:10standing far off because of the terror of her torment, saying: “Alas, alas, O great city— O Babylon, the mighty city! For in a single hour your judgment has come!”
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling for jackals, a horror and a hissing, uninhabited.
• Jeremiah 50:46The earth will tremble at the noise of Babylon’s capture. The sound of their outcry will be heard among the nations.
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become a horror, a proverb, and a byword—among all the peoples where Adonai will drive you.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21As for this House, which is so exalted, every one passing by it shall be appalled and say, ‘Why has Adonai done this to this land and to this House?’
• Ezekiel 27:35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid, their faces are convulsed.

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