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Jeremiah 51:47 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 51 · verse 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 context
45My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
46And 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.
47Therefore, 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.
48Then 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.
49As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confoundedbûwshproperly, to paleH954 →
- judgmentpâqadto visitH6485 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- imagespᵉçîylan idolH6456 →
- slainchâlâlpiercedH2491 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-58