Focused Passage

Jeremiah 51:11-14

Babylon Sunk: The LORD’s Vengeance, Israel’s Deliverance, and the Stone Cast into the Euphrates

The chapter moves from the LORD stirring up destroyers against Babylon, to the command for Israel to flee, to Babylon’s image as a shattered golden cup, to the LORD’s vengeance for Zion, to a creation-theology contrast between the LORD and idols, to Babylon as the LORD’s war club now judged, to repeated announcements of Babylon’s desolation, to pastoral exhortations for exiles not to lose heart, and finally to Seraiah’s symbolic sinking of the scroll in the Euphrates.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.

12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

14The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 11

Cross-references

Isaiah 13:17Classic cross-references Isaiah 45:1Classic cross-references Jeremiah 46:4Classic cross-references Nahum 2:1Classic cross-references Isaiah 21:5Classic cross-references

Original words

Sharpenהָבֵ֣רוּH1305Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralthe arrowsהַחִצִּים֮H2671Article | Noun - masculine pluralFillמִלְא֣וּH4390Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralthe quiversהַשְּׁלָטִים֒H7982Article | Noun - masculine pluralThe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularhas arousedהֵעִ֣ירH5782Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe spiritר֙וּחַ֙H7307Noun - common singular constructof the kingsמַלְכֵ֣יH4428Noun - masculine plural constructof the Medesמָדַ֔יH4074Noun - proper - masculine singularbecauseכִּֽי־H3588ConjunctionHis planמְזִמָּת֖וֹH4209Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularis aimed atעַל־H5921PrepositionBabylonבָּבֶ֥לH894Noun - proper - feminine singularto destroy herלְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּH7843Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singularforכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionitהִ֔יאH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singular[is] the vengeanceנִקְמַ֤תH5360Noun - feminine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָה֙H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularvengeanceנִקְמַ֖תH5360Noun - feminine singular constructfor His templeהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃H1964Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

BSB notes

LXX and some translations of the Hebrew; literally Fill the hand with the shields! or Take up the shields!

Verse 12

Cross-references

Psalms 127:1Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:2Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:11Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:27Classic cross-references Ezekiel 38:7Classic cross-references

Original words

Raiseשְׂאוּ־H5375Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plurala bannerנֵ֗סH5251Noun - masculine singularagainstאֶל־H413Prepositionthe wallsחוֹמֹ֨תH2346Noun - feminine plural constructof Babylonבָּבֶ֜לH894Noun - proper - feminine singularpostהַחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙H2388Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralthe guardהַמִּשְׁמָ֔רH4929Article | Noun - masculine singularstationהָקִ֙ימוּ֙H6965Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralthe watchmenשֹֽׁמְרִ֔יםH8104Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralprepareהָכִ֖ינוּH3559Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralthe ambushהָאֹֽרְבִ֑יםH693Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralForכִּ֚יH3588Conjunctionthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularhas bothגַּם־H1571Conjunctiondevisedזָמַ֣םH2161Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularandגַּם־H1571Conjunctionaccomplishedעָשָׂ֕הH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular-אֵ֥תH853Direct object markerwhatאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeHe spokeדִּבֶּ֖רH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularagainstאֶל־H413Prepositionthe peopleיֹשְׁבֵ֥יH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof Babylonבָבֶֽל׃H894Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Revelation 17:1Classic cross-references Revelation 17:15Classic cross-references Isaiah 27:1Classic cross-references Isaiah 45:3Classic cross-references Genesis 6:13Classic cross-references

Original words

You who dwellשֹׁכַנְתִּיH7931Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular constructbyעַל־H5921Prepositionmanyרַבִּ֔יםH7227Adjective - masculine pluralwatersמַ֣יִםH4325Noun - masculine pluralrichרַבַּ֖תH7227Adjective - feminine singular constructin treasuresאֽוֹצָרֹ֑תH214Noun - masculine pluralyour endקִצֵּ֖ךְH7093Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singularhas comeבָּ֥אH935Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe thread of your lifeאַמַּ֥תH520Noun - feminine singular constructis cutבִּצְעֵֽךְ׃H1215Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular

Verse 14

Cross-references

Amos 6:8Classic cross-references Genesis 22:16Classic cross-references Joel 1:4Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:13Classic cross-references Jeremiah 50:15Classic cross-references

Original words

The LORDיְהוָ֥הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָא֖וֹתH6635Noun - common pluralhas swornנִשְׁבַּ֛עH7650Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularby Himselfבְּנַפְשׁ֑וֹH5315Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularSurelyכִּ֣יH3588Conjunction. . .אִם־H518ConjunctionI will fill you upמִלֵּאתִ֤יךְH4390Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singularwith menאָדָם֙H120Noun - masculine singularas with locustsכַּיֶּ֔לֶקH3218Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularand they will shout in triumphוְעָנ֥וּH6030Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural. . .הֵידָֽד׃סH1959Noun - masculine singularover youעָלַ֖יִךְH5921Preposition | second person feminine singular

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