Jeremiah 51:7 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

BSB

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ASV

Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

KJV

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Literally, “A golden cup is Babel in the hand of Yahweh, intoxicating the whole earth.” Jeremiah beholds her in her splendor, but the wine whereof she makes the nations drink is the wrath of God. As God’s hammer Jer 50:23, Babylon was strong: as His cup of gold, she was rich and beautiful, but neither saves her from ruin.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In both senses the New-Testament Babylon is said to have made the kings of the earth drunk, Rev. xvii. Babylon had also been God's battle-axe; it was so at this time, when Jeremiah prophesied, and was likely to be yet more so,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The cup is termed "golden," to express the splendor and opulence of Babylon; whence also in the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar (Da 2:38) the head representing Babylon is of gold (compare Isa 14:4). Her friends and confederates, who behold her fall, are invited to her aid.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כּוֹס־	kos-	[was] a cup of	H3563 →
זָהָ֤ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
בָּבֶל֙	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת	me.sha.Ke.ret	making drunk	H7937 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
מִיֵּינָהּ֙	mi.yei.Nah	some of wine its	H3196 →
שָׁת֣וּ	sha.Tu	they have drunk	H8354 →
גוֹיִ֔ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֖ן	ken	-fore	H3651 →
יִתְהֹלְל֥וּ	yit.ho.le.Lu	they are acting like mad people	H1984 →
גוֹיִֽם׃	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance…
leads to
- 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.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 18:9
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 18:23
  The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 17:2
  The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
Through
Revelation 17:4
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual…
leads to
- Revelation 18:16
  saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
- Revelation 19:2
  For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her…
- Revelation 18:12
  cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
Through
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.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:7–8
  Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah