Jeremiah 51:46

And 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
heart	לְבַבְכֶם֙ le.vav.Khem	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
faint	יֵרַ֤ךְ ye.Rakh	H7401	to soften (intransitively or transitively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fear	וְתִֽירְא֔וּ ve.ti.re.'U	H3372	to fear · conjunction + verb, qal, 2nd person masculine plural
rumour	בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה ba.she.mu.'Ah	H8052	something heard · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
heard	הַנִּשְׁמַ֣עַת ha.nish.Ma.'at	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · definite article + verb, niphal active participle, feminine singular absolute
land	בָּאָ֑רֶץ ba.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
rumour	הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה ha.she.mu.'Ah	H8052	something heard · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
come	וּבָ֧א u.Va'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
year	בַשָּׁנָ֣ה va.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
after	וְאַחֲרָ֤יו ve.'a.cha.Rav	H310	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
year	בַּשָּׁנָה֙ ba.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
rumour	הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה ha.she.mu.'Ah	H8052	something heard · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
violence	וְחָמָ֣ס ve.cha.Mas	H2555	violence · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
land	בָּאָ֔רֶץ ba.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
ruler	וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל u.mo.Shel	H4910	to rule · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
ruler	מֹשֵֽׁל mo.Shel	H4910	to rule · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the swor…
Isaiah 13:3-5 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
Isaiah 19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour;…
Isaiah 21:2-3 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Med…
Judges 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host f…
1 Samuel 14:16-20 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
2 Chronicles 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made…
Mark 13:7-8 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

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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 51:46

And lest--Compare, for the same ellipsis, Gen 3:22; Exo 13:17; Deu 8:12. "And in order that your heart may not faint at the (first) rumor" (of war), I will give you some intimation of the time. In the first "year" there shall "come a rumor" that Cyrus is preparing for war against Babylon. "After that, in another year, shall come a rumor," namely, that Cyrus is approaching, and has already entered Assyria. Then is your time to "go out" (Jer 51:45). Babylon was taken the following or third year of Belshazzar's reign [GROTIUS]. violence in the land--of Babylon (Psa 7:16). ruler against ruler--or, "ruler upon ruler," a continual change of rulers in a short space. Belshazzar and Nabonidus, su…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 51:46

And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land,.... The rumour of war in the land of Chaldea; the report of the Medes and Persians preparing to invade it, and besiege Babylon, in the peace of which city the Jews had peace; and therefore might fear they should suffer in the calamities of it; but, lest they should, they are ordered to go cut of it, and accept the liberty that should be granted by the conqueror, who would do them no hurt, but good; and had therefore nothing to fear from him; and, as a token, assuring them of this, the following things are declared; which, when they should observe, they need not be troubled, being forewarned; yea, might tak…

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…
Persia · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning

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Jeremiah 51:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:46

John Gill on Jeremiah 51:46

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Jeremiah 51:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:46

John Gill on Jeremiah 51:46

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 51:46

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 51:46

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 51:46

Rashi on Jeremiah 51:46