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Jeremiah 51

Jer. 51:8 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
is suddenly
pith'owm (Hebrew #6597)
from 6621; instantly
KJV usage: straightway, sudden(-ly).
Pronounce: pith-ome'
Origin: or pith.om {pith-ome'}
c fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
and destroyed
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
: howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
d for her; take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
balm
tsriy (Hebrew #6875)
from an unused root meaning to crack (as by pressure), hence, to leak; distillation, i.e. balsam
KJV usage: balm.
Pronounce: tser-ee'
Origin: or tsoriy {tsor-ee'}
for her pain
mak'ob (Hebrew #4341)
also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) makfobah {mak-o-baw'}; from 3510; anguish or (figuratively) affliction
KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Pronounce: mak-obe'
Origin: sometimes makcowb {mak-obe'}
, if so be she may be healed
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
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Dan. 5:24‑31• 24then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
 25And this is the writing that is written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
 26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;
 27TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
 28PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
 29Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
 31And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. (Dan. 5:24‑31)
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Isa. 13:6‑7• 6Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
 7Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt, (Isa. 13:6‑7)

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Jer. 51:41• 41How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! (Jer. 51:41)
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Jer. 50:2• 2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and lift up a banner; publish, conceal not! Say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed: her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed. (Jer. 50:2)
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Isa. 21:9• 9--And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. (Isa. 21:9)
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Isa. 47:9• 9yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa. 47:9)
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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. 18:2,8• 2And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird;
 8for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong is the Lord God who has judged her. (Rev. 18:2,8)
howl.
Jer. 48:20,31• 20Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
 31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir heres shall there be moaning. (Jer. 48:20,31)
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Isa. 13:6‑7• 6Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
 7Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt, (Isa. 13:6‑7)
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Ezek. 27:30‑32• 30and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.
 31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
 32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea? (Ezek. 27:30‑32)
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Ezek. 30:2• 2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, Alas for the day! (Ezek. 30:2)
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Dan. 5:24,31• 24then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
 31And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. (Dan. 5:24,31)
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Rev. 18:9‑11• 9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
 10standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.
 11And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more; (Rev. 18:9‑11)
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Rev. 18:17‑19• 17for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,
 18and cried, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like to the great city?
 19and cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and grieving, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were enriched through her costliness! for in one hour she has been made desolate. (Rev. 18:17‑19)
take balm.
Jer. 8:22• 22Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people? (Jer. 8:22)
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Jer. 30:12‑15• 12For thus saith Jehovah: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is grievous.
 13There is none to plead thy cause, to bind up thy wound; thou hast no healing medicines.
 14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not. For I have smitten thee with the stroke of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity: thy sins are manifold.
 15Why criest thou because of thy bruise? thy sorrow is incurable; for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins are manifold, I have done these things unto thee. (Jer. 30:12‑15)
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Jer. 46:11• 11Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou multiply remedies: there is no healing for thee. (Jer. 46:11)
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Nah. 3:19• 19There is no healing of thy breach; thy wound is grievous; all that hear the report of thee clap the hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? (Nah. 3:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruineda. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "crushed." see ch. 8.21.