Jeremiah 51:8
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
חַלְחָלָה
chalchâlâh
writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror
רָפָא
râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Key Terms in This Verse
נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →רָפָא râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Study H7495 →בָּבֶל Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Study H894 →Cross References
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha...
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images...
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great...
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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