Jeremiah 51:34
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר
Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
דָּכָא
dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רוּק
rûwq
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
בֶּלַע
belaʻ
a gulp; figuratively, destruction
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
תַּנִּין
tannîyn
a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
בֶּטֶן
beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּכָא dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Study H1792 →נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
Study H5019 →כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →בֶּטֶן beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
Study H990 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →Cross References
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fal...
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are ...
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
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