Jeremiah 51:56

Jeremiah 51:56 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
• New International Version (NIV)A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon, And her mighty men are taken. Every one of their bows is broken; For the Lord is the God of recompense, He will surely repay.

Context of Jeremiah 51:56

54The sound of an outcry from Babylon! Great ruin from the land of Chaldea! 55For Adonai is devastating Babylon, and will silence her loud voice. Their waves will roar like many waters. The noise of their voices will resound. For a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon, and her warriors will be captured, their bows broken. For Adonai is a God of restitution, He will fully repay. 57“I will intoxicate her officials and sages, her governors, deputies, and warriors, and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake.” It is a declaration of the King, whose Name is Adonai-Tzva’ot. 58Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Babylon’s thick wall will be totally razed and her high gates burned with fire. So the peoples are toiling for nothing, and nations weary themselves for fire.”

Jeremiah 51:56 word by word

כִּי֩ בָ֨א עָלֶ֤יהָ עַל־בָּבֶל֙ שׁוֹדֵ֔ד וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ גִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ חִתְּתָ֖ה קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֣י אֵ֧ל גְּמֻל֛וֹת יְהוָ֖ה שַׁלֵּ֥ם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because the spoilerשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• upon Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• and her mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• are takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• every one of their bowsקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• is brokenחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• of recompencesגְּמוּלָהgemûlâh · recompenseH1578
• shall surelyשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:56

• Jeremiah 51:48Then 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 50:10Chaldea will be a spoil— all who plunder her will be satisfied.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• 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.”
• Habakkuk 2:8Since you looted many nations, all the survivors will plunder you— because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, the city and all its inhabitants.
• Revelation 17:16The ten horns that you saw, and the beast—these will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.
• Jeremiah 51:30Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken.
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword on the diviners—fools! A sword on her warriors—shattered!
• Genesis 49:24Yet his bow was always filled, and his arms quick-moving— by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there a Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,
• 1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the stumbling are girded with strength.
• Psalms 37:15Their sword will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
• Psalms 46:9Come, see the works of Adonai, who brings devastations on the earth.
• Psalms 76:3In Salem is His sukkah and His dwelling place in Zion.
• Ezekiel 39:3Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
• Jeremiah 51:6Flee from within Babylon! Each one, escape with his soul! Be not silenced in her iniquity! For it is a time of vengeance for Adonai. He will repay her recompense.
• Jeremiah 50:28The sound of fugitives, escaping out of the land of Babylon— declaring in Zion the vengeance of Adonai our God, vengeance for His Temple.
• Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and payback, for the time when their foot staggers. Surely their day of disaster is near— what is prepared rushes on them.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:56

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 56The Lord God of recompenses - The fall of Babylon is an act of Divine justice; whatever it suffers, it is in consequence of its crimes.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 56Every one … - Or, “Their bows are broken, for Yahweh is a God of recompenses; He will certainly requite.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 55-56The destruction of Babylon was not an accident. The Lord controlled it and would make it happen. The sound (Jeremiah 51:54) would turn into the silence of death. The invading army would kill or capture the Babylonian soldiers, and the people would flee into the countryside.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5656. taken--when they were least expecting it, and in such a way that resistance was impossible.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