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Jeremiah 51

Jer. 51:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Babylon
Babel (Hebrew #894)
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV usage: Babel, Babylon.
Pronounce: baw-bel'
Origin: from 1101
hath been a golden
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
cup
kowc (Hebrew #3563)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
KJV usage: cup, (small) owl. Compare 3599.
Pronounce: koce
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hold together
w in the Lord’s
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, that made all the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
drunken
shakar (Hebrew #7937)
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
KJV usage: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
: the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
have drunken
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
a of her wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
; therefore the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
areb mad
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Rev. 17:4• 4And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication; (Rev. 17:4)
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Rev. 14:8• 8And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink. (Rev. 14:8)
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Rev. 18:3• 3because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury. (Rev. 18:3)
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Jer. 25:16• 16And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. (Jer. 25:16)

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a golden.
Isa. 14:4• 4that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased,--the exactress of gold ceased! (Isa. 14:4)
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Dan. 2:32,38• 32This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
 38and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowl of the heavens dwell, he hath given them into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all: thou art this head of gold. (Dan. 2:32,38)
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Rev. 17:4• 4And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication; (Rev. 17:4)
the nations.
Jer. 25:9,14‑27• 9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual wastes.
 14For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
 15For thus hath Jehovah the God of Israel said unto me: Take the cup of the wine of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.
 16And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
 17And I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me:
 18Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a waste, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
 20and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
 21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
 22and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles that are beyond the sea;
 23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their beard cut off;
 24and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert;
 25and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
 26and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
 27And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you. (Jer. 25:9,14‑27)
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Dan. 3:1‑7• 1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
 2And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
 3Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
 4And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
 5that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
 6and whosoever doth not fall down and worship shall that same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
 7Therefore at that time when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (Dan. 3:1‑7)
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Hab. 2:15‑16• 15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,--that pourest out thy flask, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
 16Thou art filled with shame instead of glory; drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and a shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. (Hab. 2:15‑16)
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Rev. 14:8• 8And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink. (Rev. 14:8)
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Rev. 17:2• 2with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Rev. 17:2)
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Rev. 18:3,23• 3because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
 23and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery have all the nations been deceived. (Rev. 18:3,23)
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Rev. 19:2• 2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand. (Rev. 19:2)
are mad.
Jer. 25:16• 16And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. (Jer. 25:16)
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Jer. 50:38• 38a drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad after frightful idols. (Jer. 50:38)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore have the nations become mad.