Jeremiah 51 · Verse 8

Jeremiah 51:8

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Jeremiah 51:8, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:8 in other translations

BSBSuddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
WEBBabylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! Wail for her! Take balm for her pain. Perhaps she may be healed.
ASVBabylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
YLTSuddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.
DARBYBabylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
BBESudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well.
WebsterBabylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, it may be she may be healed.

What does Jeremiah 51:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:8-9
8-9. Her friends and confederates, who behold her fall, are invited to her aid. They reply, her case is incurable, and that they must leave her to her fate. (Is 21:9; Re 14:8; 18:2, 9). balm--(Jr 8:22; 46:11).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed - These appear to be the words of some of the spectators of Babylon's misery.

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 51:8 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.

פִּתְאֹ֛םpit.'OmsuddenlyH6597
נָפְלָ֥הna.fe.Lahit will fallH5307
בָבֶ֖לva.VelBabylonH894
וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑רva.ti.sha.Verand it was brokenH7665
הֵילִ֣ילוּhei.Li.luwailH3213
עָלֶ֗יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921
קְח֤וּke.ChugetH3947
צֳרִי֙tzo.RibalmH6875
לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּle.makh.'o.Vahfor pain itsH4341
אוּלַ֖י'u.LaiperhapsH194
תֵּרָפֵֽא\׃te.ra.Fe'it will be healedH7495

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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:8

  • 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 46:11

    Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

  • Revelation 14:8

    And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

  • Revelation 18:2

    And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

  • 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 48:20

    Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

  • Revelation 18:17-19

    For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

  • Revelation 18:8-11

    Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 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:

  • Jeremiah 48:31

    Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.

  • Jeremiah 30:12-15

    For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

  • Ezekiel 27:30-32

    And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

  • Isaiah 13:6-7

    Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
suddenly.
41; 50:2; Isa 21:9; 47:9; Re 14:8; 18:2,8
howl.
48:20,31; Isa 13:6,7; Eze 27:30-32; 30:2; Da 5:24,31; Re 18:9-11
Re 18:17-19
take balm.
8:22; 30:12-15; 46:11; Na 3:19

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Context

  • Jeremiah 51:7

    Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

  • Jeremiah 51:8

    Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

  • 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.

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Jeremiah 51:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En un momento cayó Babilonia, y despedazóse: aullad sobre ella; tomad bálsamo para su dolor, quizá sanará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Subitement Babylone est tombée, et elle a été brisée. Hurlez sur elle, prenez du baume pour sa douleur, peut-être qu’elle guérira!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Plötzlich ist Babel gefallen und zertrümmert. Jammert über dasselbe! holet Balsam für seinen Schmerz; vielleicht wird es geheilt werden!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Subito cecidit Babylon, et contrita est. Ululate super eam: tollite resinam ad dolorem ejus, si forte sanetur.