Jeremiah 51:46
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.
45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
47 Therefore, 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.
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
- KJV
- And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
- WEB
- Don’t let your heart faint. Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land. For news will come one year, and after that in another year news will come, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
- ASV
- And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year [shall come] tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
- DARBY
- lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come [one] year, and after that a rumour in [another] year, and violence in the earth, ruler against ruler.
- BLB
- Do not let your⁺ heart grow faint, and [do not] be afraid of the report being heard in the land; for will come in one year a report, and in the year after that a report, and violence [is] in the land, and ruler [is] against ruler.
- ÅB
- Og vær ikke motfalne og redde for de rykter som høres i landet, om det i et år kommer et rykte, og deretter i et annet år et annet rykte, og om det råder vold i landet, og hersker reiser seg mot hersker.
- OTB
- «‘Bøy øret ditt og kom til meg; Lytt, og ditt liv vil bli bevart.
- B1930
- Og vær ikke motfalne og redde for de rykter som høres i landet, om det i et år kommer et rykte, og derefter i et annet år et annet rykte, og om det råder vold i landet, og hersker reiser sig mot hersker.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 19:2
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:3–5
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
Read in context2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 21:2–3
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Read in contextLuke 21:28
When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Read in context2 Chronicles 20:23
The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Read in contextLuke 21:9–19
When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
Read in context1 Samuel 14:16–20
Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
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