Jeremiah 50:46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Jeremiah 50:46 in other translations
| BSB | At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations. |
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| WEB | The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard among the nations. |
| ASV | At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations. |
| YLT | From the voice: Captured was Babylon, Hath the earth been shaken, And a cry among nations hath been heard! |
| DARBY | At the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth hath quaked, and the cry is heard among the nations. |
| BBE | At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations. |
| Webster | At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. |
What does Jeremiah 50:46 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 50:44-46
44-46. Repeated mainly from Jr 49:19-21. The identity of God's principle in His dealing with Edom, and in that with Babylon, is implied by the similarity of language as to both.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 50:33-46
It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon's sin…
Jeremiah 50:46 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 50:46
- Jeremiah 49:21
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
- Revelation 18:9-19
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, …
- Ezekiel 26:18
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
- Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
- Isaiah 14:9-10
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- Ezekiel 32:10
Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
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Context
- Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
- Jeremiah 50:46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Jeremiah 50:46 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Del grito de la toma de Babilonia la tierra tembló, y el clamor se oyó entre las gentes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Au bruit de la prise de Babylone la terre est ébranlée, et il y a un cri, entendu parmi les nations. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Von dem Rufe: Babel ist erobert! erzittert die Erde und wird ein Geschrei unter den Nationen vernommen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | A voce captivitatis Babylonis commota est terra, et clamor inter gentes auditus est. |