UYeremiya 51:8

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

8 Iwile iBhabheli ngesiquphe, yaphuka; bhombolozani ngenxa yayo; intlungu yayo yithabatheleni amafutha aqholiweyo, mhlawumbi ingapholiswa.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

suddenly: Jeremiah 51:41, Jeremiah 50:2, Isaiah 21:9, Isaiah 47:9, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:8

howl: Jeremiah 48:20, Jeremiah 48:31, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 13:7, Ezekiel 27:30-32, Ezekiel 30:2, Daniel 5:24, Daniel 5:31, Revelation 18:9-11, Revelation 18:17-19

take balm: Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 30:12-15, Jeremiah 46:11, Nahum 3:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:7 - that Egypt Jeremiah 49:3 - Howl Jeremiah 50:3 - which Jeremiah 50:24 - and thou wast Lamentations 2:13 - who can Ezekiel 30:21 - it shall not Micah 7:10 - she that Habakkuk 2:8 - the violence Zechariah 9:5 - and be Mark 5:26 - had suffered Revelation 18:10 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed,.... Or "broken" g; even into shivers, as a cup is; for when it had been used to answer the purposes designed by the Lord, he let it fall cut of his hands at once, and it was broken; or rather he dashed it in pieces, as a potter's vessel. The destruction of Babylon was brought about in a very short time, considering the strength of it; and was unexpected by the inhabitants of it, and by the nations round about; but, when it was come, it was irreparable: so the destruction of mystical Babylon will be in one hour, and it will be an utter and entire destruction,

Revelation 18:8;

howl for her; as the inhabitants of Babylon, and her friends and allies that loved her, did no doubt; and as the kings and merchants of the earth, and others, will howl for spiritual Babylon, Revelation 18:9;

take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed: or balsam; see

Jeremiah 46:11; which is said by way of derision and mockery, as Kimchi and Abarbinel observe; or in an ironical and sarcastic manner; suggesting, that, let what means soever be made use of, her wound was incurable, her ruin inevitable, and her case irrecoverable.

g תשבר "confracta est", Schmidt; "fracta est", Cocceius; "contrita est", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Destroyed - literally, broken, as was the hammer Jeremiah 50:23. The cup, though of metal, is thrown down so violently as to be shattered by the fall.

Howl for her - The persons addressed are the many inhabitants of Babylon who were dragged from their homes to people its void places, and especially the Israelites. They have dwelt there long enough to feel pity for her, when they contrast her past magnificence with her terrible fall. Compare Jeremiah 29:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 51:8. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed — These appear to be the words of some of the spectators of Babylon's misery.