Jeremiah 51:49
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.
“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
50 You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
51 “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
- KJV
- As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
- WEB
- “As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so the slain of all the land will fall at Babylon.
- ASV
- As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
- DARBY
- As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
- BLB
- “Even Babylon must fall [for] the slain of Israel, even [as] for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
- ÅB
- Også Babel skal falle, dere av Israel som er slått ihjel! Også Babels innbyggere skal falle, dere som er slått ihjel over den hele jord!
- OTB
- De vil reise en beleiringsrampe, De vil bygge en mur, De vil gå inn gjennom hennes porter, Som menn som bryter inn i en by.
- B1930
- Også Babel skal falle, I av Israel som er slått ihjel! Også Babels innbyggere skal falle, I som er slått ihjel over den hele jord!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 137:8–9
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:35
May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
Read in contextJudges 1:7
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:33–34
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:11
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
Read in contextJeremiah 50:17–18
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
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