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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Jeremiah 51:52

Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When I will bring punishment upon her images; And throughout all her land, stroll the pierced one groan.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Persia;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sins, National;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Mahseiah;   Persia, Persians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Babylon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Groan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, look, the days are coming—
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
King James Version
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
English Standard Version
"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord , when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "When I will punish her idols, And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
New Century Version
So the Lord says, "The time is coming soon when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Wounded people will cry with pain all over that land.
Amplified Bible
"Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "When I will judge and punish the idols [of Babylon], And throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan."
World English Bible
Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore behold, the dayes come, sayth the Lord, that I will visite her grauen images, and through all her land the wounded shal grone.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "When I will punish her idols, And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares Yahweh,"When I will punish her graven images,And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
Berean Standard Bible
"Therefore, behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
Contemporary English Version
Soon I will send a war to punish Babylon's idols and leave its wounded people moaning everywhere.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Therefore," says Adonai , "the days are coming when I will pass judgment on her idols, and the wounded will groan throughout her land.
Darby Translation
—Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish her graven images; and throughout her land the wounded shall groan.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "The time is coming, when I will punish the idols of Babylon. At that time wounded people will cry with pain everywhere in that country.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will bring punishment upon Babylon and destruction upon her graven images; and her slain shall fall throughout her land.
Good News Translation
So then, I say that the time is coming when I will deal with Babylon's idols, and the wounded will groan throughout the country.
Lexham English Bible
"Therefore look, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "and I will punish her images, and the fatally wounded will sigh through all her land.
Literal Translation
So, behold, the days are coming, says Jehovah, that I will punish on her idols, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore beholde (saieth the LORDE) the tyme commeth, that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilon, and thorow the whole lode they shal mourne and fall.
American Standard Version
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Bible in Basic English
For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
King James Version (1611)
Wherfore behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will do iudgment vpon her grauen images, and through all her land the wounded shall grone.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore, beholde saith the Lorde, the tyme commeth that I wyll visite the images of Babylon, and through the whole lande they shall mourne and fall.
English Revised Version
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne, and in al the lond therof a woundid man schal loowe.
Update Bible Version
Therefore, look, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will execute judgment on her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
New English Translation
Yes, but the time will certainly come," says the Lord , "when I will punish her idols. Throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan.
New King James Version
"Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will bring judgment on her carved images, And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
New Living Translation
"Yes," says the Lord , "but the time is coming when I will destroy Babylon's idols. The groans of her wounded people will be heard throughout the land.
New Life Bible
"But the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will punish her false gods. And those who are hurt will cry in pain through all her land.
New Revised Standard
Therefore the time is surely coming, says the Lord , when I will punish her idols, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit her graven things, and in all her land the wounded shall groan:
Revised Standard Version
"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have seen after its graven images, And in all its land groan doth the wounded.
THE MESSAGE
"I know, but trust me: The time is coming" — God 's Decree— "When I will bring doom on her no-god idols, and all over this land her wounded will groan. Even if Babylon climbed a ladder to the moon and pulled up the ladder so that no one could get to her, That wouldn't stop me. I'd make sure my avengers would reach her." God 's Decree.

Contextual Overview

1 Thus, saith Yahweh - Behold me! stirring up against Babylon, And against the inhabitants of the centre of them who rise up against me, - A wind that destroyeth; 2 And I will send to Babylon winnowers, And they shall winnow her, And shall empty her land, - For they are against her round about in the day of calamity. 3 Let not the archer tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, - And do not spare her young men, Devote to destruction all her host. 4 So shall they fall wounded in the land of Chaldea, - Yea thrust through, in her streets, 5 For Israel and Judah have not been widowed a Of their God, Of Yahweh of hosts, - But, their land, hath been filled with punishment for guilt from the Holy One of Israel 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon And deliver ye every man his own life, Be not cut off in her punishment, - For it is Yahweh's, time of avenging, A recompense, is be repaying unto her. 7 A cup of gold, was Babylon in the hand of Yahweh, Making drunk all the earth, - Of her wine, have the nations drunk, For this cause have the nations been acting as men who are mad. 8 Suddenly, hath Babylon fallen and been broken, - Howl ye over her Fetch balsam for her pain, Peradventure she shall be healed! 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed, Leave her and let us go every one to his own land, - For her judgment, reacheth unto the heavens, And mounteth as far as the skies. 10 Yahweh hath brought forth our righteousnesses, - Come and let us relate in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that I: Jeremiah 51:47, Jeremiah 50:38

her graven images: This was verified when Xerxes destroyed all the temples of Babylon, bc 479.

the wounded: Isaiah 13:15, Isaiah 13:16, Ezekiel 30:24, Daniel 5:30, Daniel 5:31

Reciprocal: Isaiah 21:9 - all Isaiah 46:1 - Bel Jeremiah 50:2 - her idols Luke 10:30 - wounded

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images,.... Destroy their gods, who have reproached the God of Israel, and profaned his sanctuaries; and for that reason; :-; it is an answer to the objection and complaint of the Jews, and is designed for their comfort and encouragement:

and through all her land the wounded shall groan; because of their wounds and pain; and which their idols could not cure, ease, or prevent.


 
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