Jeremiah 51 · Verse 47

Jeremiah 51:47

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Jeremiah 51:47, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:47 in other translations

BSBTherefore, 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.
WEBTherefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land will be confounded. All her slain will fall in the middle of her.
ASVTherefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
YLTTherefore, lo, days are coming, And I have seen after the graven images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones do fall in its midst.
DARBYTherefore behold, days are coming when I will punish the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
BBEFor this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.
WebsterTherefore behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

What does Jeremiah 51:47 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
47. Grotius translates, "Because then (namely, on the third year) the time shall have come that," &c. confounded--at seeing their gods powerless to help them. her slain--in retribution for "Israel's slain" (Jr 51:49) who fell by her hand. Grotius translates, "her dancers," as in Jud 21:21, 23; 1Sa 18:6, the same Hebrew word is translated, alluding to the dancing revelry of the festival during which Cyrus took Babylon.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 51:47 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.

לָכֵן֙la.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehhere!H2009
יָמִ֣יםya.MimdaysH3117
בָּאִ֔יםba.'Im[are] comingH935
וּפָקַדְתִּי֙u.fa.kad.Tiand I will visit [judgment]H6485
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּסִילֵ֣יpe.si.Lei[the] images ofH6456
בָבֶ֔לva.VelBabylonH894
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אַרְצָ֖הּ'ar.Tzahland itsH776
תֵּב֑וֹשׁte.Vo.oshit will be ashamedH954
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
חֲלָלֶ֖יהָcha.la.Lei.haslain [ones] itsH2491
יִפְּל֥וּyi.pe.Luthey will fallH5307
בְתוֹכָֽהּ\׃ve.to.Khahin [the] midst of itH8432

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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:47

  • Jeremiah 50:2

    Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

  • Jeremiah 51:52

    Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

  • Isaiah 46:1-2

    Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • Isaiah 21:9

    And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

  • Jeremiah 51:24

    And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 51:18

    They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • Jeremiah 25:12

    And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

  • Jeremiah 11:22

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

  • Jeremiah 13:21

    What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

  • Jeremiah 50:35-40

    A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. …

  • Jeremiah 50:12-16

    Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord. Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. …

  • Jeremiah 51:43

    Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

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I will.
52; 50:2; Isa 21:9; 46:1,2
do judgment upon. Heb. visit upon.
18; 11:22; 13:21; 23:34; 25:12; *margins
her whole.
24,43; 50:12-16,35-40

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Context

  • Jeremiah 51:46

    And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

  • Jeremiah 51:47

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • Jeremiah 51:48

    Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 51:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, he aquí vienen días que yo visitaré las esculturas de Babilonia, y toda su tierra será avergonzada, y todos sus muertos caerán en medio de ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, voici, des jours viennent, et je punirai les images taillées de Babylone; et tout son pays sera honteux, et tous ses tués tomberont au milieu d’elle.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum siehe, Tage kommen, da ich die geschnitzten Bilder Babels heimsuchen werde; und sein ganzes Land wird beschämt werden, und alle seine Erschlagenen werden in seiner Mitte fallen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Propterea ecce dies veniunt, et visitabo super sculptilia Babylonis, et omnis terra ejus confundetur, et universi interfecti ejus cadent in medio ejus.