Jeremiah 51:58

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֗וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
broad	הָֽרְחָבָה֙ ha.re.cha.Vah	H7342	roomy · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
walls	חֹ֠מוֹת Cho.mot	H2346	a wall of protection · noun, common feminine plural construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֤ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
utterly	עַרְעֵ֣ר 'ar.'Er	H6209	to bare · verb, piel infinitive construct
broken	תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר tit.'ar.'Ar	H6209	to bare · verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
high	הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים ha.ge.vo.Him	H1364	elevated (or elated) · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
gates	וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ u.she.'a.Rei.ha	H8179	an opening · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
burned	יִצַּ֑תּוּ yi.Tza.tu	H3341	to burn or set on fire · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
fire	בָּאֵ֣שׁ ba.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
people	עַמִּ֧ים 'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
labour	וְיִֽגְע֨וּ ve.yig.'U	H3021	properly · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine plural
vain	רִ֛יק rik	H7385	emptiness · noun, common masculine singular absolute
folk	וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים u.le.'u.Mim	H3816	a community · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
in	בְּדֵי be.dei-	H1767	enough (as noun or adverb) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
fire	אֵ֖שׁ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
weary	וְיָעֵֽפוּ ve.ya.'E.fu	H3286	to tire (as if from wearisome flight) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

Habakkuk 2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Jeremiah 50:15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of th…
Jeremiah 51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow to…
Jeremiah 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far…
Isaiah 45:1-2 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of k…
Psalms 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Isaiah 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Jeremiah 51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth un…

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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 51:58

broad walls--eighty-seven feet broad [ROSENMULLER]; fifty cubits [GROTIUS]. A chariot of four horses abreast could meet another on it without collision. The walls were two hundred cubits high, and four hundred and eighty-five stadia, or sixty miles in extent. gates--one hundred in number, of brass; twenty-five on each of the four sides, the city being square; between the gates were two hundred and fifty towers. BEROSUS says triple walls encompassed the outer, and the same number the inner city. Cyrus caused the outer walls to be demolished. Taking the extent of the walls to be three hundred and sixty-five stadia, as DIODORUS states, it is said two hundred thousand men completed a stadium e…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 51:58

Thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... Because what follows might seem incredible ever to be effected; it is introduced with this preface, expressed by him who is the God of truth, and the Lord God omnipotent: the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken; or rased up; the foundations of them, and the ground on which they stood made naked and bare, and open to public view; everyone of the walls, the inward and the outward, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it. Curtius says (s) the wall of Babylon was thirty two feet broad, and that carriages might pass by each other without any danger. Herodotus (t) says it was fifty royal cubits broad, which were three fingers larger than the common measu…

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…
Babylon · .Gates of — .Gates of
Persia · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Walls, Of The Cities · Broad — Broad

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 51:58

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Jeremiah 51:58

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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

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John Gill on Jeremiah 51:58

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 51:58

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