Jeremiah 51 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 51:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:10 in other translations

BSB“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
WEB‘The LORD has produced our righteousness. Come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.’
ASVJehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
YLTJehovah hath brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
DARBYJehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
BBEThe Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.
WebsterThe LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

What does Jeremiah 51:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Next after the speech of the confederates of Babylon, comes that of the Jews celebrating with thanksgivings the promise-keeping faithfulness of their covenant God. brought forth, &c.--(Psa 37:6). our righteousness--not the Jews' merits, but God's faithfulness to Himself and to His covenant, which constituted the "righteousness" of His people, that is, their justification in their controversy with Babylon, the cruel enemy of God and His people. Compare Jr 23:6, "The Lord our righteousness"; Mi 7:9. Their righteousness is His righteousness. declare in Zion--(Psa 102:13-21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness - This is the answer of the Jews. God has vindicated our cause.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of God. (Jr 51:1-58) The confirming of this. (Jr 51:59-64) Verses 1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we…

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Jeremiah 51:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הוֹצִ֥יאho.Tzi'he has brought forthH3318
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּtzid.ko.Tei.nurighteousness<es> ourH6666
בֹּ֚אוּBo.'ucomeH935
וּנְסַפְּרָ֣הu.ne.sa.pe.Rahso let us recountH5608
בְצִיּ֔וֹןve.tzi.Yonin ZionH6726
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ\׃'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 51:10

  • Jeremiah 50:28

    The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Psalms 37:6

    And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

  • Isaiah 51:11

    Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

  • Isaiah 40:2

    Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

  • Micah 7:9-10

    I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  • Revelation 19:1-6

    And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. …

  • Jeremiah 31:6-9

    For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God. For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • Psalms 116:18-19

    I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people, In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Revelation 14:1-3

    And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

  • Psalms 126:1-3

    A Song of degrees. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

  • Psalms 102:19-21

    For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

  • Psalms 9:14

    That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
brought.
Ps 37:6; Mic 7:9,10
let us.
31:6-9; 50:28; Ps 9:14; 102:19-21; 116:18,19; 126:1-3; Isa 40:2
Isa 51:11; 52:9,10; Re 14:1-3; 19:1-6

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Context

  • Jeremiah 51:9

    We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

  • Jeremiah 51:10

    The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

  • Jeremiah 51:11

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.

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Jeremiah 51:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Jehová sacó á luz nuestras justicias: venid, y contemos en Sión la obra de Jehová nuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel a produit au jour notre justice. Venez, et racontons en Sion l’œuvre de l’ Éternel, notre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova hat unsere Gerechtigkeiten ans Licht gebracht; kommt und laßt uns in Zion erzählen die Tat Jehovas, unseres Gottes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Protulit Dominus justitias nostras: venite, et narremus in Sion opus Domini Dei nostri.