Jeremiah 51 · Verse 9

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.
Jeremiah 51:9, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:9 in other translations

BSB“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
WEB“We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her, and let’s each go into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
ASVWe 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.
YLTWe healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.
DARBYWe have treated Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto the heavens, and is lifted up to the skies.
BBEWe would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to his country: for her punishment is stretching up to heaven, and lifted up even to the skies.
WebsterWe 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 to heaven, and is lifted even to the skies.

What does Jeremiah 51:9 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 9 We would have healed Babylon - Had it been in our power, we would have saved her; but we could not turn away the judgment of God.

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 51:9 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.

רִפִּ֣ינוּri.pi.nuwe healedH7495
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בָּבֶל֙ba.VelBabylonH894
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
נִרְפָּ֔תָהnir.Pa.tahit was healedH7495
עִזְב֕וּהָ'iz.Vu.haleave itH5800
וְנֵלֵ֖ךְve.ne.Lekhso we may goH1980
אִ֣ישׁ'isheveryoneH376
לְאַרְצ֑וֹle.'ar.Tzoto own land hisH776
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
נָגַ֤עna.Ga'it has reachedH5060
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
מִשְׁפָּטָ֔הּmish.pa.Tahjudgment itsH4941
וְנִשָּׂ֖אve.ni.Sa'and it has been lifted upH5375
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
שְׁחָקִֽים\׃she.cha.Kim[the] cloudsH7834

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 51:9

  • Jeremiah 50:16

    Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

  • Revelation 18:5

    For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

  • Isaiah 13:14

    And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

  • Jeremiah 46:16

    He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

  • Daniel 4:20-22

    The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

  • Ezra 9:6

    And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:9

    But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

  • Jeremiah 8:20

    The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

  • Matthew 25:10-13

    And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

  • Isaiah 47:15

    Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

  • Jeremiah 46:21

    Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

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forsake.
8:20; 46:16,21; 50:16; Isa 13:14; 47:15; Mt 25:10-13
her judgment.
2Ch 28:9; Ezr 9:6; Da 4:20-22; Re 18:5

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Context

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 51:10

    The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

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Jeremiah 51:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Curamos á Babilonia, y no ha sanado: dejadla, y vámonos cada uno á su tierra; porque llegado ha hasta el cielo su juicio, y alzádose hasta las nubes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Nous avons traité Babylone, mais elle n’est pas guérie; abandonnez-la, et allons-nous-en chacun dans son pays; car son jugement atteint aux cieux et s’est élevé jusqu’aux nues.
German
Elberfelder 1871
"Wir haben Babel heilen wollen, aber es ist nicht genesen. Verlasset es und laßt uns ein jeder in sein Land ziehen; denn sein Gericht reicht bis an den Himmel und erhebt sich bis zu den Wolken."
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Curavimus Babylonem, et non est sanata: derelinquamus eam, et eamus unusquisque in terram suam: quoniam pervenit usque ad cælos judicium ejus, et elevatum est usque ad nubes.