Jeremiah 50:46
in Jeremiah 50At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.
KJV
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAt the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved,.... It being so sudden and unexpected, and so very astonishing: and the cry is heard among the nations; that Babylon is fallen; which, as applied to mystical Babylon, will be matter of joy to some, and of lamentation to others; see Rev 14:8.
This site's exposition
Behold, an army is coming from the north
on Jeremiah 50:41-46
Verses 41 to 43 repeat almost word for word the invasion of 6:22-24. The words once aimed at the Daughter of Zion now fall on “O Daughter of Babylon.” The king of Babylon hears the report, “and his hands hang limp,” as the people of Jerusalem did in 6:24.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
At the noise of the taking of Babylon - See the note on the parallel place, Jer 49:21 (note). In the forty-ninth chapter, these words are spoken of Nebuchadnezzar; here, of Cyrus. The taking of Babylon was a wonder to all the surrounding nations. It was thought to be impregnable.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Repeated mainly from Jer 49:19-21. The identity of God's principle in His dealing with Edom, and in that with Babylon, is implied by the similarity of language as to both.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
cry . . . among the nations--In Edom's case it is, "at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea." The change implies the wider extent to which the crash of Babylon's downfall shall be heard.
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The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִקּוֹל֙ | mikol | from [the] sound | H6963 → | 506 times |
| נִתְפְּשָׂ֣ה | nitpesah | it has been captured | H8610 → | 65 times |
| בָבֶ֔ל | vavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה | nirashah | it will quake | H7493 → | 30 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וּזְעָקָ֖ה | uzeakah | and a cry of distress | H2201 → | 18 times |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֥ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| נִשְׁמָֽע׃ ס | nishma' | it will be heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
מִקּוֹל֙from [the] sound
mikolH6963 →506 times
נִתְפְּשָׂ֣הit has been captured
nitpesahH8610 →65 times
בָבֶ֔לBabylon
vavelH894 →262 times
נִרְעֲשָׁ֖הit will quake
nirashahH7493 →30 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וּזְעָקָ֖הand a cry of distress
uzeakahH2201 →18 times
בַּגּוֹיִ֥םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
נִשְׁמָֽע׃ סit will be heard
nishma'H8085 →1159 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
Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 26:15
This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 14:15
But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
- Isaiah 14:8
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
- Ezekiel 31:9
I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
- Habakkuk 2:17
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Ezekiel 26:15
Through
Ezekiel 26:18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’
it leads to
- Isaiah 23:5–7
When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
- Isaiah 23:5–7
Through
Jeremiah 49:21At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 21:16
Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.
- Revelation 18:10
In 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.”
- Ezekiel 21:16
About Jeremiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
