Jeremiah 51 · Verse 34

Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Jeremiah 51:34, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:34 in other translations

BSB“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
WEB“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his mouth with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
ASVNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
YLTDevoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us as an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.
DARBYNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
BBENebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.
WebsterNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

What does Jeremiah 51:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
34. me--Zion speaks. Her groans are what bring down retribution in kind on Babylon (Jr 50:17; Psa 102:13, 17, 20). empty vessel--He has drained me out. dragon--The serpent often "swallows" its prey whole; or a sea monster [Grotius]. filled his belly ... cast me out--like a beast, which, having "filled" himself to satiety, "casts out" the rest [Calvin]. After filling all his storehouses with my goods, he has cast me out of this land [Grotius].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Nebuchadrezzar - hath devoured me - These are the words of Judea; he has taken away all my riches. He hath cast me out - He shall vomit all up; i.e., they shall be regained.

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 51:34 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.

אֲכָלַ֣נִי'a.kha.la.nihe devoured meH398
הֲמָמַ֗נִיha.ma.ma.nihe confused meH2000
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ne.vu.khad.re.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5019
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶל֒ba.VelBabylonH894
הִצִּיגַ֙נִי֙hi.tzi.ga.nihe set down meH3322
כְּלִ֣יke.Lia vessel ofH3627
רִ֔יקRikemptinessH7385
בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙be.la.'a.nihe swallowed meH1104
כַּתַּנִּ֔יןka.ta.Ninlike <the> sea monsterH8577
מִלָּ֥אmi.La'he filledH4390
כְרֵשׂ֖וֹkhe.re.Sobelly hisH3770
מֵֽעֲדָנָ֑יme.'a.da.Naifrom delicacies myH5730
הֱדִיחָֽנִי\׃he.di.cha.nihe rinsed out meH1740

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 51:34

  • Jeremiah 50:17

    Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

  • Jeremiah 51:44

    And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

  • Job 20:15

    He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  • Isaiah 24:1-3

    Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

  • Ezekiel 36:3

    Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

  • Lamentations 2:16

    All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

  • Lamentations 1:1

    How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

  • Nahum 2:2

    For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

  • Jeremiah 51:49

    As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

  • Lamentations 1:14-15

    The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the king.
49; 39:1-8; 50:7,17; La 1:1,14,15
he hath made.
48:11,12; Isa 24:1-3; 34:11; Na 2:2,9,10
swallowed.
44; Job 20:15; Pr 1:12; La 2:16; Eze 36:3; Am 8:4; Mt 23:14

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Context

  • Jeremiah 51:33

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

  • Jeremiah 51:34

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

  • Jeremiah 51:35

    The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

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Jeremiah 51:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Comióme, desmenuzóme Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia; paróme como vaso vacío, tragóme como dragón, hinchió su vientre de mis delicadezas, y echóme.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Nebucadretsar, roi de Babylone, m’a dévorée, il m’a exterminée, il m’a laissée comme un vase vide; comme un dragon, il m’a avalée, il a rempli son ventre de mes délices, il m’a chassée au loin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Nebukadrezar, der König von Babel, hat mich gefressen, hat mich vernichtet, hat mich hingestellt als ein leeres Gefäß er verschlang mich wie ein Ungeheuer, füllte seinen Bauch mit meinen Leckerbissen, stieß mich fort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Comedit me, devoravit me Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis: reddidit me quasi vas inane, absorbuit me quasi draco, replevit ventrem suum teneritudine mea, et ejecit me.