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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Babylon [0894] hath been a golden [02091] cup [03563] in the LORD'S [03068] hand [03027], that made all the earth [0776] drunken [07937]: the nations [01471] have drunken [08354] of her wine [03196]; therefore the nations [01471] are mad [01984]. |
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King James |
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Babylon is compared to a cup, because she was the vessel in the hand of God, to make drunken with His vengeance the other peoples (Jer 13:12; Jer 25:15-16). Compare as to spiritual Babylon, Rev 14:8; Rev 17:4. The cup is termed "golden," to express the splendor and opulence of Babylon; whence also in the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar (Dan 2:38) the head representing Babylon is of gold (compare Isa 14:4). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Literally, "A golden cup is Babel in the hand of Yahweh, intoxicating the whole earth." Jeremiah beholds her in her splendor, but the wine whereof she makes the nations drink is the wrath of God. As God's hammer Jer 50:23, Babylon was strong: as His cup of gold, she was rich and beautiful, but neither saves her from ruin. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Drunken - She had made all the nations about her drunken with the Lord's fury. Mad - Through the misery they felt from her. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Made all the earth drunken - The cup of God's wrath is the plenitude of punishment, that he inflicts on transgressors. It is represented as intoxicating and making them mad. |
4 That thou shalt take up [05375] this proverb [04912] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and say [0559], How hath the oppressor [05065] ceased [07673] ! the golden city [04062] ceased [07673] !
38 And wheresoever [03606] the children [01123] of men [0606] dwell [01753], the beasts [02423] of the field [01251] and the fowls [05776] of the heaven [08065] hath he given [03052] into thine hand [03028], and hath made thee ruler [07981] over them all [03606]. Thou [0607] art this head [07217] of gold [01722].
4 And [2532] the woman [1135] was [2258] arrayed [4016] in purple [4209] and [2532] scarlet colour [2847], and [2532] decked [5558] with gold [5557] and [2532] precious [5093] stones [3037] and [2532] pearls [3135], having [2192] a golden [5552] cup [4221] in [1722] her [846] hand [5495] full of [1073] abominations [946] and [2532] filthiness [168] of her [846] fornication [4202]:
8 And [2532] there followed [190] another [243] angel [32], saying [3004], Babylon [897] is fallen [4098], is fallen [4098], that great [3173] city [4172], because [3754] she made [4222] all [3956] nations [1484] drink [4222] of [1537] the wine [3631] of the wrath [2372] of her [846] fornication [4202].
15 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] unto me; Take [03947] the wine [03196] cup [03563] of this fury [02534] at my hand [03027], and cause all the nations [01471], to whom I send [07971] thee, to drink [08248] it.
16 And they shall drink [08354], and be moved [01607], and be mad [01984], because [06440] of the sword [02719] that I will send [07971] among them.
12 Therefore thou shalt speak [0559] unto them this word [01697]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Every bottle [05035] shall be filled [04390] with wine [03196]: and they shall say [0559] unto thee, Do we not certainly [03045] know [03045] that every bottle [05035] shall be filled [04390] with wine [03196]?
23 How is the hammer [06360] of the whole earth [0776] cut asunder [01438] and broken [07665] ! how is Babylon [0894] become a desolation [08047] among the nations [01471]!