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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:29 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:29 |
Strong Concordance |
And the land [0776] shall tremble [07493] and sorrow [02342]: for every purpose [04284] of the LORD [03068] shall be performed [06965] against Babylon [0894], to make [07760] the land [0776] of Babylon [0894] a desolation [08047] without an inhabitant [03427]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The literal translation is:
Then the earth quaked and writhed;
For the thoughts of Yahweh against
Babel have stood fast;
To make Babel a waste without inhabitant. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| On the advance of this mighty host against Babylon, to execute the judgment determined by the Lord, the earth quakes. The mighty men of Babylon cease to offer resistance, and withdraw dispirited, like women, into inaccessible places, while the enemy sets fire to the houses, breaks the bars, and captures the city. The prophet views all this in spirit as already present, and depicts in lively colours the attack on the city and its capture. Hence the historic tenses, ותּרעשׁ, ותּחל, חדלוּ, etc. קמה is used of the permanence, i.e., of the realization of the divine counsels, as in Jer 44:23. On the singular, see Ewald, 317, a. "To make the land," etc., as in Jer 4:7; Jer 18:16, etc. "They sit (have taken up their position) in the strongholds" (Mountain fastnesses), i.e., in inaccessible places; cf. Sa1 13:16; Sa2 23:14. נשׁתה is but to be regarded as a Kal form from נשׁת; on its derivation from שׁתת, see on Isa 41:17. "They have become women;" cf. Jer 50:37. The subject of the verb הצּיעתוּ is the enemy, who set fire to the dwellings in Babylon. "Runner runs against runner," i.e., from opposite sides of the city there come messengers, who meet each other running to tell the king in his castle that the city is taken. The king is therefore (as Graf correctly remarks against Hitzig) not to be thought of as living outside of the city, for "in this case לקראת would have no meaning," but as living in the royal castle, which was situated in the middle of the city, on the Euphrates. Inasmuch as the city is taken "from the end" (מקּצה), i.e., on all sides, the messengers who bring the news to the king's fortress must meet each other. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The land - Babylon, or the land of Chaldea. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And the land shall tremble - It is represented here as trembling under the numerous armies that are passing over it, and the prancing of their horses. |
37 A sword [02719] is upon their horses [05483], and upon their chariots [07393], and upon all the mingled people [06153] that are in the midst [08432] of her; and they shall become as women [0802]: a sword [02719] is upon her treasures [0214]; and they shall be robbed [0962].
17 When the poor [06041] and needy [034] seek [01245] water [04325], and there is none, and their tongue [03956] faileth [05405] for thirst [06772], I the LORD [03068] will hear [06030] them, I the God [0430] of Israel [03478] will not forsake [05800] them.
14 And David [01732] was then in an hold [04686], and the garrison [04673] of the Philistines [06430] was then in Bethlehem [01035].
16 And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].
16 To make [07760] their land [0776] desolate [08047], and a perpetual [05769] hissing [08292] [08292]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074], and wag [05110] his head [07218].
7 The lion [0738] is come up [05927] from his thicket [05441], and the destroyer [07843] of the Gentiles [01471] is on his way [05265]; he is gone forth [03318] from his place [04725] to make [07760] thy land [0776] desolate [08047]; and thy cities [05892] shall be laid waste [05327], without an inhabitant [03427].
23 Because [06440] [0834] ye have burned incense [06999], and because ye have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068], and have not obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], nor walked [01980] in his law [08451], nor in his statutes [02708], nor in his testimonies [05715]; therefore this evil [07451] is happened [07122] unto you, as at this day [03117].