Jeremiah 51:46

Jeremiah 51:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not lose heart or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land; one rumor comes this year, another the next, rumors of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And lest your heart faint, And you fear for the rumor that will be heard in the land (A rumor will come one year, And after that, in another year A rumor will come, And violence in the land, Ruler against ruler),

Context of Jeremiah 51:46

44I will punish Bel in Babylon— What he swallowed I will make him disgorge out of his mouth. Nations will no longer stream to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen! 45Come out of her, My people! Each of you, save your soul from the fierce anger of Adonai. Do not be faint-hearted, or be intimidated by the rumor heard in the land— one year one rumor comes, next year, another rumor. Yet violence will be in the land, with ruler against ruler. 47Therefore behold, days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s idols. Her entire land will be disgraced and all her slain will fall in her midst. 48Then heaven and the earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers from the north will come to her.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 51:46 word by word

וּפֶן־יֵרַ֤ךְ לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְתִֽירְא֔וּ בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה הַנִּשְׁמַ֣עַת בָּאָ֑רֶץ וּבָ֧א בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה וְאַחֲרָ֤יו בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה וְחָמָ֣ס בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל עַל־מֹשֵֽׁל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And lest your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• faintרָכַךְrâkak · be tenderH7401
• and ye fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• for the rumourשְׁמוּעָהshemû‛âh · tidingsH8052
• that shall be heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall both comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• and violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• rulerמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:46

• 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I am putting a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumor, and will return to his own country; then I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
• Matthew 24:6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must happen but it is not yet the end.
• Mark 13:7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed, for this must happen but it is not yet the end.
• Luke 21:9And when you hear of wars and chaos, do not be terrorized. For these things need to happen first, but the end will not come at once.”
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My consecrated ones, yes, I have called My mighty ones, My proud exulting ones, for My fury.
• Isaiah 21:2A harsh vision has been shown to me: “The traitor betrays, and the plunderer plunders. Go up, Elam! Besiege, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.”
• Judges 7:22Now when they blew the 300 shofarot, Adonai set every man’s sword against his fellow throughout the entire army. So the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
• 1 Samuel 14:16Now Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin saw the throng scattering away in every direction.
• 2 Chronicles 20:23For the Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to exterminate and annihilate them. When they had exterminated the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
• Isaiah 19:2I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian. Everyone will fight against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor— city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46A rumor shall - come one year - A year before the capture of the city there shall be a rumor of war, - and in that year Belshazzar was defeated by Cyrus. In the following year the city was taken.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46Literally, “And beware lest your heart faint, and ye be afraid because of the rumour that is heard in the land: for in one year shall one rumour come, and afterward in another year another rumour; and violence shall be in the land etc.” The fall of Babylon was to be preceded by a state of unquiet, men‘s minds being unsettled partly by rumors of the warlike preparations of the Medes, and of actual invasions: partly by intestine feuds. So before the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46violence: As an enemy army approached Babylon, the city's leaders blamed each other. Intense infighting was tearing Babylon apart.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 45-4645-46. (See on Jr 51:6).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