Jeremiah 51 · Verse 41

Jeremiah 51:41

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Jeremiah 51:41, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:41 in other translations

BSBHow Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
WEB“How Sheshach is taken! How the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
ASVHow is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
YLTHow hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
DARBYHow is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
BBEHow is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!
WebsterHow is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

What does Jeremiah 51:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
41. Sheshach--Babylon (compare Note, see Jr 25:26); called so from the goddess Shach, to whom a five days' festival was kept, during which, as in the Roman Saturnalia, the most unbridled licentiousness was permitted; slaves ruled their masters, and in every house one called Zogan, arrayed in a royal garment, was chosen to rule all the rest. He calls Babylon "Sheshach," to imply that it was during this feast the city was taken [Scaliger].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 How is Sheshach taken! - Perhaps the city is here called by the name of its idol. The praise of the whole earth - One of the seven wonders of the world; superexcellent for the height, breadth, and compass of its walls, its hanging gardens, the temple of Belus, etc., etc.

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 51:41 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.

אֵ֚יךְ'eikhhow!H349
נִלְכְּדָ֣הnil.ke.Dahit will be capturedH3920
שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְshe.ShakhSheshachH8347
וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂva.ti.ta.Fesand it has been seizedH8610
תְּהִלַּ֣תte.hi.Lat[the] praise ofH8416
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
אֵ֣יךְ'eikhhow!H349
הָיְתָ֧הha.ye.Tahit will becomeH1961
לְשַׁמָּ֛הle.sha.Mah<into> a horrorH8047
בָּבֶ֖לba.VelBabylonH894
בַּגּוֹיִֽם\׃ba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471

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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:41

  • Jeremiah 25:26

    And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

  • Isaiah 13:19

    And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

  • Jeremiah 49:25

    How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  • Ezekiel 27:35

    All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

  • Jeremiah 50:23

    How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

  • 2 Chronicles 7:21

    And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

  • Revelation 18:10-19

    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, And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. …

  • Daniel 2:38

    And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

  • Jeremiah 51:37

    And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

  • Jeremiah 50:46

    At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sheshach.Sheshach was probably an idol worshipped at Babylon, from which the city derived this name; and the festival which was held when the city was taken, when they were heated with wine, was perhaps observed in honour of it.
25:26; Da 5:1-3
the praise.
49:25; 50:23; Isa 13:19; 14:4; Da 2:38; 4:22,30; 5:4,5; Re 18:10-19
an astonishment.
37; 50:46; De 28:37; 2Ch 7:21; Eze 27:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 51:40

    I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.

  • Jeremiah 51:41

    How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

  • Jeremiah 51:42

    The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

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Jeremiah 51:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¡Cómo fué presa Sesach, y fué tomada la que era alabada por toda la tierra! ¡Cómo fué Babilonia por espanto entre las gentes!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Comment a été prise Shéshac, et comment la louange de toute la terre a-t-elle été saisie! Comment Babylone est-elle devenue un sujet d’étonnement parmi les nations!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wie ist Scheschak eingenommen, und erobert der Ruhm der ganzen Erde! Wie ist Babel zum Entsetzen geworden unter den Nationen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quomodo capta est Sesach, et comprehensa est inclyta universæ terræ! quomodo facta est in stuporem Babylon inter gentes!