Jeremiah 51:47
in Jeremiah 51Therefore, 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
KJV
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
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This verse in Jeremiah 51
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
GROTIUS translates, "her dancers," as in Jud 21:21, 23; 1Sa 18:6, the same Hebrew word is translated, alluding to the dancing revelry of the festival during which Cyrus took Babylon.
This site's exposition
Come out of her, My people!
on Jeremiah 51:45-48
The call to come out of Babylon repeats 50:8 and 51:6. The exiles are told not to lose heart at rumor, “of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.” When the LORD punishes Babylon’s idols, “heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore, behold, the days come that I will do judgment on the graven images of Babylon,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Therefore - The exiles were to note these things as signs of the approach of God’s visitation. Confounded - Or, ashamed.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵן֙ | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הִנֵּ֣ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| יָמִ֣ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בָּאִ֔ים | baim | [are] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וּפָקַדְתִּי֙ | ufakadti | and I will visit [judgment] | H6485 → | 303 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּסִילֵ֣י | pesilei | [the] images of | H6456 → | 23 times |
| בָבֶ֔ל | vavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַרְצָ֖הּ | ʾartzah | land its | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תֵּב֑וֹשׁ | tevoosh | it will be ashamed | H954 → | 127 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֲלָלֶ֖יהָ | chalaleiha | slain [ones] its | H2491 → | 94 times |
| יִפְּל֥וּ | yipelu | they will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ | vetokhah | in [the] midst of it | H8432 → | 418 times |
לָכֵן֙<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
הִנֵּ֣הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
יָמִ֣יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
בָּאִ֔ים[are] coming
baimH935 →2568 times
וּפָקַדְתִּי֙and I will visit [judgment]
ufakadtiH6485 →303 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּסִילֵ֣י[the] images of
pesileiH6456 →23 times
בָבֶ֔לBabylon
vavelH894 →262 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אַרְצָ֖הּland its
ʾartzahH776 →2504 times
תֵּב֑וֹשׁit will be ashamed
tevooshH954 →127 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
חֲלָלֶ֖יהָslain [ones] its
chalaleihaH2491 →94 times
יִפְּל֥וּthey will fall
yipeluH5307 →435 times
בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃in [the] midst of it
vetokhahH8432 →418 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
Isaiah 21:9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
it leads to
- Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 51:8
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- Revelation 18:2
Through
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,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 46:1
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- Isaiah 21:9
Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
- Jeremiah 51:44
Through
Jeremiah 11:22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck…
- 2 Chronicles 36:17
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God…
- Jeremiah 18:21
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.
