Jeremiah 51:29
in Jeremiah 51The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
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ASV
And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
KJV
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
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This verse in Jeremiah 51
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
for all the evil they have done in Zion
on Jeremiah 51:24-29
“Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon.” Babylon, the “destroying mountain,” will become “a charred mountain,” and “No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone.” The nations summoned, “Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz,” are Armenia, the Manneans, and the Scythians, with “the kings of the Medes.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the land shall tremble and sorrow,....
The whole land shall tremble, and sorrow (a universal consternation) shall seize upon them; for they shall see both the irresistible arm and the irreversible counsel and decree of God against them. They shall see that God is making Babylon a desolation, and therein is performing what he has purposed; and then the mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And the land shall tremble - It is represented here as trembling under the numerous armies that are passing over it, and the prancing of their horses.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The literal translation is: Then the earth quaked and writhed; For the thoughts of Yahweh against Babel have stood fast; To make Babel a waste without inhabitant.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ | vatirash | and it quaked | H7493 → | 30 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַתָּחֹ֑ל | vatachol | and it writhed | H2342 → | 58 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קָ֤מָה | kamah | it will be fulfilled | H6965 → | 628 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בָּבֶל֙ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת | machshevot | [the] plans of | H4284 → | 56 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לָשׂ֞וּם | lasum | to make | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶ֧רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בָּבֶ֛ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| לְשַׁמָּ֖ה | leshamah | into a waste | H8047 → | 39 times |
| מֵאֵ֥ין | meein | from not | H369 → | 789 times |
| יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ | yoshev | inhabitant | H3427 → | 1079 times |
וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁand it quaked
vatirashH7493 →30 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וַתָּחֹ֑לand it writhed
vatacholH2342 →58 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
קָ֤מָהit will be fulfilled
kamahH6965 →628 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
בָּבֶל֙Babylon
bavelH894 →262 times
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת[the] plans of
machshevotH4284 →56 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לָשׂ֞וּםto make
lasumH7760 →584 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֶ֧רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
בָּבֶ֛לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
לְשַׁמָּ֖הinto a waste
leshamahH8047 →39 times
מֵאֵ֥יןfrom not
meeinH369 →789 times
יוֹשֵֽׁב׃inhabitant
yoshevH3427 →1079 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 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…
- Nahum 1:6
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- Psalms 76:7
You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
- Psalms 104:32
He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
- Deuteronomy 32:4
Through
Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city…
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:28
But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
- Judges 5:22
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
- Judges 18:29
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- 1 Corinthians 10:28
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.