Jeremiah 51:56

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite."

Word-by-Word Analysis

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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the

שָׁדַד

shâdad

H7703

properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage

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is

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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upon her

עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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upon

בָּבֶל

Bâbel

H894

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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and her

גִּבּוֹר

gibbôwr

H1368

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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are

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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every

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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of their

קֶשֶׁת

qesheth

H7198

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

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is

שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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for the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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of

גְּמוּלָה

gᵉmûwlâh

H1578

meaning the same

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shall

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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Key Terms in This Verse

recompences H1578

גְּמוּלָה gᵉmûwlâh

meaning the same

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spoiler H7703

שָׁדַד shâdad

properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage

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requite H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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bows H7198

קֶשֶׁת qesheth

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

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broken H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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mighty H1368

גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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surely H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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Babylon H894

בָּבֶל Bâbel

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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taken H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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Because H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Cross References

Habakkuk 2:8 cross-reference

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Jeremiah 51:48 cross-reference

Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:6 cross-reference

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

Psalm 46:9 cross-reference

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Jeremiah 51:24 cross-reference

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:35 cross-reference

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Isaiah 59:18 cross-reference

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

Psalm 76:3 cross-reference

There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Genesis 49:24 cross-reference

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Ezekiel 39:3 cross-reference

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Isaiah 21:2 cross-reference

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Revelation 19:2 cross-reference

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Isaiah 34:8 cross-reference

For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

1 Samuel 2:4 cross-reference

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Revelation 17:16 cross-reference

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 cross-reference

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

Isaiah 35:4 cross-reference

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

Jeremiah 51:30 cross-reference

The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

Jeremiah 50:10 cross-reference

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 39:9 cross-reference

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, ...

Jeremiah 49:35 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

Jeremiah 50:36 cross-reference

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

Psalm 37:15 cross-reference

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Psalm 137:8 cross-reference

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Revelation 18:20 cross-reference

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

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