Jeremiah 51:49

Translations

Modern

“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

Traditional

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

Literal

“Even Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, even as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.

Latin

Et quomodo fecit Babylon, ut caderent occisi in Israël, sic de Babylone cadent occisi in universa terra.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

Notes

Jeremiah 51:49–50

Babylon would face a punishment as harsh as the cruelty it inflicted on the Israelites and other nations.

Jeremiah 51:45–53

The Lord cared about the spiritual and physical health of the Jewish exiles in Babylon. Their political situation was dangerous. The Lord promised a future where the exiles would be saved from shame and return joyfully to their own land.

Theme notes and profiles

Hope Beyond Judgment Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 137:8–9
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Judges 1:7
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
Jeremiah 51:35
May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Jeremiah 51:10–11
“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
Jeremiah 50:11
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Jeremiah 50:33–34
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
Jeremiah 50:17–18
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
Revelation 18:5–6
For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Nations

Topics

Persia: Prophecies Concerning War: Evils of

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