Jeremiah 51:36
in Jeremiah 51Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
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ASV
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
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This verse in Jeremiah 51
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Her sea - Probably the great lake dug by Nitocris to receive the waters of the Euphrates. Her springs - Her reservoir; the whole system of canals dug Jer 51:13. The wealth of Babylonia depended upon irrigation.
This site's exposition
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me
on Jeremiah 51:34-40
Zion speaks, “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me.” The LORD answers as the Redeemer of 50:34, “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf.” Babylon’s feast ends in a sleep from which they “never wake up,” and they go down “like lambs to the slaughter.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): " I will plead thy cause. I will in due time plead it effectually and take vengeance for thee, and every drop of Jerusalem's blood shall be accounted for with interest." Israel and Judah seemed to have been neglected and forgotten, but God had an eye to them,
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Therefore thus saith the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will dry up her sea - Exhaust all her treasures.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֗ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| כֹּ֚ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הִנְנִי־ | hini- | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| רָב֙ | rav | [am] about to conduct | H7378 → | 67 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רִיבֵ֔ךְ | rivekh | case your | H7379 → | 61 times |
| וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖י | venikamti | and I will avenge | H5358 → | 35 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ | nikmatekh | vengeance your | H5360 → | 27 times |
| וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ | vehacharavti | and I will dry up | H2717 → | 40 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַמָּ֔הּ | yamah | sea its | H3220 → | 396 times |
| וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י | vehoashti | and I will make dry | H3001 → | 59 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מְקוֹרָֽהּ׃ | mekorah | spring its | H4726 → | 18 times |
לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
כֹּ֚הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הִנְנִי־here I
hini-H2005 →316 times
רָב֙[am] about to conduct
ravH7378 →67 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רִיבֵ֔ךְcase your
rivekhH7379 →61 times
וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖יand I will avenge
venikamtiH5358 →35 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְvengeance your
nikmatekhH5360 →27 times
וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙and I will dry up
vehacharavtiH2717 →40 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַמָּ֔הּsea its
yamahH3220 →396 times
וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖יand I will make dry
vehoashtiH3001 →59 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מְקוֹרָֽהּ׃spring its
mekorahH4726 →18 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
Romans 12:19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:30
For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Proverbs 24:29
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
- Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Hebrews 10:30
Through
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
it leads to
- Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Nahum 1:2
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Romans 12:19
Through
Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
it leads to
- Psalms 9:4
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
- Psalms 9:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
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 Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.