Jeremiah 51:52
in Jeremiah 51“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
KJV
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
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This verse in Jeremiah 51
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images,.... Destroy their gods, who have reproached the God of Israel, and profaned his sanctuaries; and for that reason; See Gill on Jer 51:47; it is an answer to the objection and complaint of the Jews, and is designed for their comfort and encouragement: and through all her land the wounded shall groan; because of their wounds and pain; and which their idols could not cure, ease, or prevent.
This site's exposition
Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel
on Jeremiah 51:49-53
“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.” “Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” Even if Babylon “ascends to the heavens,” the destroyers will come against her.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
All must needs perish if their gods perish, from whom they expect protection. Though the invaders are themselves idolaters, yet they shall destroy the images and temples of the gods of Babylon, as an earnest of the abolishing of all counterfeit deities. Bel was the principal idol that the Babylonians worshipped, and therefore that is by name here marked for destruction (
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Here is the diversified feeling excited by Babylon's fall, and it is the same that we have with respect to the New-Testament Babylon, Rev. xviii. Some shall lament the destruction of Babylon. There is the sound of a cry, a great outcry coming from Babylon (
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Wherefore - For this profanation of my holy place, I will be revenged not only upon their idols, but upon the worshippers of them, and cause a groaning of wounded men over all the country of the Chaldeans.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
I . . . judgment upon . . . images--in opposition to the Babylonian taunt that Jehovah's religion was a thing of naught, since they had burned His temple (Jer 51:51): I will show that, though I have thus visited the Jews neglect of Me, yet those gods of Babylon cannot save themselves, much less their votaries, who shall "through all her land" lie and "groan" with wounds.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֞ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הִנֵּֽה־ | hineh- | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| יָמִ֤ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בָּאִים֙ | baim | [are] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּפָקַדְתִּ֖י | ufakadti | and I will visit [judgment] | H6485 → | 303 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּסִילֶ֑יהָ | pesileiha | images its | H6456 → | 23 times |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַרְצָ֖הּ | ʾartzah | land its | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יֶאֱנֹ֥ק | yeenok | he will groan | H602 → | |
| חָלָֽל׃ | chalal | [the] fatally wounded | H2491 → | 94 times |
לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
הִנֵּֽה־here!
hineh-H2009 →843 times
יָמִ֤יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
בָּאִים֙[are] coming
baimH935 →2568 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּפָקַדְתִּ֖יand I will visit [judgment]
ufakadtiH6485 →303 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּסִילֶ֑יהָimages its
pesileihaH6456 →23 times
וּבְכָל־and in all
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
אַרְצָ֖הּland its
ʾartzahH776 →2504 times
יֶאֱנֹ֥קhe will groan
yeenokH602 →
חָלָֽל׃[the] fatally wounded
chalalH2491 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 51:47Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 50:2
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 46:1–2
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- Jeremiah 50:2
Through
Ezekiel 30:24I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
it leads to
- Zephaniah 2:12
“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
- Ezekiel 30:25
I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king,…
- Isaiah 45:5
I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- Zephaniah 2:12
Through
Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
it leads to
- Revelation 16:12
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
- Isaiah 44:27
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
- Jeremiah 51:47
Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
- Revelation 16:12
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.