Jeremiah 49:21
in Jeremiah 49At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
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ASV
The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
KJV
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan
on Jeremiah 49:19-22
The enemy comes “like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,” repeated against Babylon in 50:44. The LORD’s questions, who is like Him and what shepherd can stand against Him, have no answer. Verse 22 ends with an eagle “spreading its wings over Bozrah,” used of Moab in 48:40.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The kingdom of Syria lay north of Canaan, as that of Edom lay south, and thither we must now remove and take a view of the approaching fate of that kingdom, which had been often vexatious to the Israel of God. Damascus was the metropolis of that kingdom, and the ruin of the whole is supposed in the ruin of that: yet Hamath and Arpad, two other considerable cities, are names (
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The earth is moved at the noise of their fall,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
was heard in--that is, shall be heard at. Red Sea--a considerable distance from Idumea; though the district at the Elantic bay of the Red Sea originally belonged to Idumea, and the sea itself was called from Edom, that is, "red" (Ge 25:30, Margin).
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The earth is moved - The whole state is represented here as a vast building suddenly thrown down, so as to cause the earth to tremble, and the noise to be heard at a great distance.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִקּ֣וֹל | mikol | from [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| נִפְלָ֔ם | niflam | falling they | H5307 → | 435 times |
| רָעֲשָׁ֖ה | raashah | it will shake | H7493 → | 30 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the earth of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| צְעָקָ֕ה | tzeakah | [the] calling out | H6818 → | 21 times |
| בְּיַם־ | beyam- | at [the] sea of | H3220 → | 396 times |
| ס֖וּף | suf | reed[s] | H5488 → | |
| נִשְׁמַ֥ע | nishma' | it will be heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| קוֹלָֽהּ׃ | kolah | sound its | H6963 → | 506 times |
מִקּ֣וֹלfrom [the] sound of
mikolH6963 →506 times
נִפְלָ֔םfalling they
niflamH5307 →435 times
רָעֲשָׁ֖הit will shake
raashahH7493 →30 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth of
haaretzH776 →2504 times
צְעָקָ֕ה[the] calling out
tzeakahH6818 →21 times
בְּיַם־at [the] sea of
beyam-H3220 →396 times
ס֖וּףreed[s]
sufH5488 →
נִשְׁמַ֥עit will be heard
nishma'H8085 →1159 times
קוֹלָֽהּ׃sound its
kolahH6963 →506 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
Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
it leads to
- Revelation 18:19
Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her…
- Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- Revelation 18:15–17
The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn,
- Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Amos 5:16
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will…
- Revelation 18:19
Through
Ezekiel 32:10I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 26:16
All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over…
- Ezekiel 27:35
All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
- Ezekiel 26:16
Through
Jeremiah 50:46At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
it leads to
- Revelation 18:9–19
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
- Revelation 18:9–19
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.