Jeremiah 51:36

Good News Translation

And so the Lord said to the people of Jerusalem, "I will take up your cause and will make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I will dry up the source of Babylonia's water and make its rivers go dry.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

English Standard Version
Therefore thus says the Lord : "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry,

New American Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Behold, I am going to plead your case And take vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.

New Century Version
So this is what the Lord says: "I will soon defend you, Judah, and make sure that Babylon is punished. I will dry up Babylon's sea and make her springs become dry.

Amplified Bible
Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I will plead your case And take full vengeance for you; I will dry up her sea and great reservoir And make her fountain dry.

World English Bible
Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore thus sayth the Lorde, Beholde, I will maintayne thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp the sea, and drie vp her springes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore thus says Yahweh,"Behold, I am going to plead your caseAnd exact full vengeance for you;And I will dry up her seaAnd make her fountain dry.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

Contemporary English Version
My people, I am on your side, and I will take revenge on Babylon. I will cut off its water supply, and its stream will dry up.

Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore here is what Adonai says: "I will plead your cause. I will take vengeance for you. I will dry up her river and make her water sources dry.

Darby Translation
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry.

Easy-to-Read Version
So this is what the Lord says: "I will defend you, Judah. I will make sure that Babylon is punished. I will dry up Babylon's sea. And I will make her water springs become dry.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore thus says the LORD Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; I will dry up the sea of Babylon, and make her springs dry.

Lexham English Bible
Therefore thus says Yahweh, "Look, I am going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.

Literal Translation
So Jehovah says this: Behold, I will strive for you and take vengeance for you. And I will dry up her sea and make her well dry.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I wil defende thy cause, & avenge the: I will drynke vp hir see, & drye vp hir water sprynges.

American Standard Version
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Bible in Basic English
For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

King James Version (1611)
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I wil plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp her sea, and make her springs drie.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I wyll defende thy cause, and auenge thee, I wyll drynke vp her sea, and drye vp her water sprynges.

English Revised Version
Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal deme thi cause, and Y schal venge thi veniaunce; and Y schal make the see therof forsakun, and Y schal make drie the veyne therof.

Update Bible Version
Therefore thus says Yahweh: Look, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

New English Translation
Therefore the Lord says, "I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.

New King James Version
Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

New Living Translation
This is what the Lord says to Jerusalem: "I will be your lawyer to plead your case, and I will avenge you. I will dry up her river, as well as her springs,

New Life Bible
So the Lord says, "See, I will help you in your cause and punish Babylon for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her well dry.

New Revised Standard
Therefore thus says the Lord : I am going to defend your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore, Thus, sith Yahweh, Behold me! pleading thy cause, So then I will execute the avenging of thee; And will dry up her sea, And make dry her spring:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, I and will dry up her spring.

Revised Standard Version
Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry;

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord says, "I am bringing a destructive wind against Babylonia and its people. ² I will send foreigners to destroy Babylonia like a wind that blows straw away. When that day of destruction comes, they will attack from every side and leave the land bare. ³ Don't give its soldiers time to shoot their arrows or to put on their armor. Do not spare the young men! Destroy the whole army! ⁴ They will be wounded and die in the streets of their cities. ⁵ I, the Lord God Almighty, have not abandoned Israel and Judah, even though they have sinned against me, the Holy One of Israel. ⁶ Run away from Babylonia! Run for your lives! Do not be killed because of Babylonia's sin. I am now taking my revenge and punishing it as it deserves. ⁷ Babylonia was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds. ⁸ Babylonia has suddenly fallen and is destroyed! Mourn over it! Get medicine for its wounds, and maybe it can be healed. ⁹ Foreigners living there said, ‘We tried to help Babylonia, but it was too late. Let's leave now and go back home. God has punished Babylonia with all his might and has destroyed it completely.'" ¹⁰ The Lord says, "My people shout, ‘The Lord has shown that we are in the right. Let's go and tell the people in Jerusalem what the Lord our God has done.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will plead: See note on Jeremiah 50:33, Jeremiah 50:34, Psalms 140:12, Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 23:11, Isaiah 43:14, Isaiah 47:6-9, Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 49:26, Micah 7:8-10, Habakkuk 2:8-17

take: Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:43, Psalms 94:1-3, Romans 12:19, Hebrews 10:30, Hebrews 10:31, Revelation 19:1-3

and I will: Jeremiah 50:38, Psalms 107:33, Isaiah 44:27, Revelation 16:12

Reciprocal: Job 38:16 - the springs Psalms 35:1 - Plead Psalms 119:154 - Plead Isaiah 19:5 - General Isaiah 51:22 - pleadeth Jeremiah 50:15 - for it Jeremiah 51:13 - dwellest Lamentations 3:58 - thou hast pleaded Ezekiel 30:12 - I will make Ezekiel 31:4 - waters Micah 7:9 - until Zephaniah 3:19 - I will undo

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord,.... In answer to the prayers of the inhabitants of Zion and Jerusalem, imprecating divine vengeance on Babylon:

behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; not by words only, but by deeds, inflicting punishment on their enemies:

and I will dry up her sea; the confluence of waters about Babylon; the river Euphrates, the channel of which was drained by Cyrus, by which means he took the city; and this may figuratively design the abundance of riches and affluence of good things in Babylon, which should now be taken from her:

and make her springs dry; deprive her of all the necessaries of life; and stop up all the avenues by which she was supplied with them; and cut off all communication of good things to her.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Her sea - Probably the great lake dug by Nitocris to receive the waters of the Euphrates.

Her springs - Her reservoir; the whole system of canals dug Jeremiah 51:13. The wealth of Babylonia depended upon irrigation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 51:36. I will dry up her sea — Exhaust all her treasures.