Jeremiah 51 · Verse 56

Jeremiah 51:56

Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
Jeremiah 51:56, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:56 in other translations

BSBFor a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
WEBFor the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for the LORD is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.
ASVfor the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
YLTFor come in against it--against Babylon--hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences--Jehovah--doth certainly repay.
DARBYFor the spoiler is come against her, against Babylon, and her mighty men are taken; their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah, the God of recompences, will certainly requite.
BBEFor the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.
WebsterBecause the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely requite.

What does Jeremiah 51:56 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
56. taken--when they were least expecting it, and in such a way that resistance was impossible.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 56 The Lord God of recompenses - The fall of Babylon is an act of Divine justice; whatever it suffers, it is in consequence of its crimes.

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 51:56 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.

כִּי֩kiforH3588
בָ֨אva'[is] about to comeH935
עָלֶ֤יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921
עַל\־'al-onH5921
בָּבֶל֙ba.VelBabylonH894
שׁוֹדֵ֔דsho.Deda destroyerH7703
וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ve.nil.ke.Duand they will be capturedH3920
גִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָgi.bo.Rei.hawarriors itsH1368
חִתְּתָ֖הchi.te.Tahit will be shatteredH2865
קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑םka.she.to.Tambows theirH7198
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֵ֧ל'el[is] a God ofH410
גְּמֻל֛וֹתge.mu.Lotrecompense<s>H1578
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
שַׁלֵּ֥םsha.Lemfully <repay>H7999
יְשַׁלֵּֽם\׃ye.sha.Lemhe will repayH7999

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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:56

  • Jeremiah 51:6

    Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

  • Habakkuk 2:8

    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

  • Psalms 46:9

    He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

  • 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.

  • Revelation 19:2

    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.

  • Psalms 94:1-2

    O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 59:18

    According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

  • Psalms 76:3

    There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  • Revelation 17:16

    And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

  • Isaiah 34:8

    For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the spoiler.
48; 50:10; Isa 21:2; Hab 2:8; Re 17:16
her mighty.
30; 50:36
every.
49:35; Ge 49:24; 1Sa 2:4; Ps 37:15; 46:9; 76:3; Eze 39:3,9
the Lord.
6,24; 50:28,29; De 32:35; Ps 94:1,2; 137:8; Isa 34:8; 35:4; 59:18
2Th 1:6; Re 18:5,6,20; 19:2

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

Context

  • Jeremiah 51:55

    Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

  • Jeremiah 51:56

    Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.

  • Jeremiah 51:57

    And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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Jeremiah 51:56 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque vino destruidor contra ella, contra Babilonia, y sus valientes fueron presos, el arco de ellos fué quebrado: porque Jehová, Dios de retribuciones, dará la paga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car le dévastateur est venu contre elle, contre Babylone; et ses hommes forts sont pris, leurs arcs sont brisés! Car l’ Éternel, le ✶Dieu des rétributions, rend certainement ce qui est dû.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn über dasselbe, über Babel, kommt ein Verwüster; und seine Helden werden gefangen, ihre Bogen sind zerbrochen. Denn ein Gott der Vergeltung ist Jehova, er wird gewißlich erstatten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quia venit super eam, id est super Babylonem, prædo, et apprehensi sunt fortes ejus, et emarcuit arcus eorum, quia fortis ultor Dominus reddens retribuet.