Jeremiah 51:29

And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
land	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
tremble	וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ va.tir.'Ash	H7493	to undulate (as the earth · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
sorrow	וַתָּחֹ֑ל va.ta.Chol	H2342	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
purpose	מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת mach.she.Vot	H4284	a contrivance · noun, common feminine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
performed	קָ֤מָה Ka.mah	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Babylon	בָּבֶל֙ ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
make	לָשׂ֞וּם la.Sum	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
land	אֶ֧רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֛ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
desolation	לְשַׁמָּ֖ה le.sha.Mah	H8047	ruin · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
inhabitant	יוֹשֵֽׁב yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, a…
Jeremiah 51:11-12 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon,…
Jeremiah 51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Isaiah 13:19-20 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not…
Jeremiah 50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astoni…
Jeremiah 50:45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of t…
Amos 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

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. An acknowledgment of the great pomp and power that Babylon had been in and the use that God in his providence had made of it (Jer 51:7): Babylon hath been a golden cup, a rich and glorious empire, a golden city (Isa 14:4), a head of gold (Dan 2:38), filled with all good things, as a cup with wine. Nay, she had been a golden cup in the Lord's hand; he had in a particular manner filled and favoured her with blessings; he had made the earth…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:28

kings of . . . Medes-- (Jer 51:11). The satraps and tributary kings under Darius, or Cyaxares. his dominion--the king of Media's dominion. land shall tremble . . . every purpose of . . . Lord shall be performed--elegant antithesis between the trembling of the land or earth, and the stability of "every purpose of the Lord" (compare Psa 46:1-3).

John Gill on Jeremiah 51:29

And the land shall tremble and sorrow,.... The land of Chaldea, the inhabitants of it, should tremble, when they heard of this powerful army invading their land, and besieging their metropolis; and should sorrow, and be in pain as a woman in travail, as the word (f) signifies: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon; or, "shall stand" (g); be certainly fulfilled; for his purposes are firm and not frustratable: to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant; this the Lord purposed, and threatened to do; see Jeremiah 50:39. (f) "et parturiet", Schmidt. So Ben Melech. (g) "stabit, vel stant", Schmidt.

John Calvin on Jeremiah 51:29

Jeremiah 51:29 29. And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. 29. Et contremuit terra, et doluit (similitudo sumpta est a parturientibus,) quia stabilita fuit super Babylon cogitationes (in plurali numero ponit cum tamen verbum sit singulare, hoc est, stabilitae sunt cogitationes) Jehovae ad ponendum terram Babylonis in solitudinem, ita ut non sit habitator (vel, qui illic habitet.) The Prophet no doubt endeavored to remove all doubts from the minds of the godly, which would have otherwise weakened confidence in his doctrine. It might have occurred to the minds of…

Dictionary and topics

Governor — (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of…
Faithfulness Of God, The · Manifested: In executing his judgments — Manifested: In executing his judgments
Persia · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning

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Jeremiah 51:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:28

John Gill on Jeremiah 51:29

John Calvin on Jeremiah 51:29

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 51:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:28

John Gill on Jeremiah 51:29

John Calvin on Jeremiah 51:29

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 51:29-31

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 51:29-30

Rashi on Jeremiah 51:29