Jeremiah Chapter 51 verse 49 Holy Bible
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
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As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be stretched out.
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As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
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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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As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
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Even Babylon `is' to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 49. - As Babylon hath caused, etc. The verse is very difficult. Ewald and others render thus: "Not only must Babylon fall, O ye slain ones of Israel, but slain ones of the whole earth have fallen because of Babylon." But why this address to the slain ones of Israel? Besides, the antithesis indicated in the Hebrew is thereby destroyed. Hell explains the antithesis thus: "Just as Babylon was intent on the fall of slain ones in Israel, so also there fall because of Babylonian slain ones of all the earth," viz. because there are to be found, in the capital of the empire, people from all quarters of the world, who are slain when Babylon is conquered. A better antithesis seems to be gained if we follow the Peshito, and read, at the end of the verse, "in the whole earth." It will then be asserted by the prophet that, just as Babylon was the cause of the slaying of Israelites, so (as a punishment) the Babylonian fugitives shall be slain wherever they may wander.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(49) As Babylon hath caused . . .--The interpolated words and the marginal reading indicate that the construction is obscure, but the Authorised version probably comes close to the meaning of the original. The punishment that falls on Babylon comes on account of her slaughter of the Israelites, but in that punishment other nations from all parts of the earth who are mingled with her people should be involved. Perhaps, however. we should read the slain of all the land, as giving more emphatically the law of retribution. The rendering of the margin, "Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon . . ." is adopted by some recent commentators, but gives a less satisfactory meaning.
