Jeremiah 51:36 KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
Thou and Ye
- thy, thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of GodThe particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither...
Thompson Chains
- Divine RefugeSee the chain from Psalms 5:11 · 8 links
- Divine VengeanceSee the chain from Deuteronomy 32:35 · 8 links
Parallel Passages
- Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
- Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
- Psalms 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
- Isaiah 44:27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
- Hebrews 10:30–31 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. …
- Psalms 94:1–3 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. …
- Psalms 107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
- Proverbs 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- Proverbs 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- Isaiah 43:14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
- Isaiah 47:6–9 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. …
- Isaiah 49:25–26 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. …
- Jeremiah 50:33–34 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. …
- Jeremiah 51:6 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.
- Micah 7:8–10 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. …
- Habakkuk 2:8–17 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. …
- Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
- Revelation 19:1–3 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: …
From OpenBible.info, most relevant first.
Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Therefore thus saith לָכֵן lākēn Adverb · with preposition כֹּה kô Adverb אָמַר ʾāmar אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- Behold, I will plead הִנְנִי hinnî Demonstrative · with suffix: first person common singular רָב rāb רִיב Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- thy cause אֶת ʾet Object marker רִיבֵךְ rîbēk רִיב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
- and take vengeance וְנִקַּמְתִּי wĕniqqamtî נָקַם Verb · piel sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
- for thee אֶת ʾet Object marker נִקְמָתֵךְ niqmātēk נְקָמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
- and I will dry up וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי wĕhaḥărabtî חָרַב Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
- her sea אֶת ʾet Object marker יַמָּהּ yammāh יָם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- and make her springs אֶת ʾet Object marker מְקוֹרָהּ mĕqôrāh מָקוֹר Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- dry וְהֹבַשְׁתִּי wĕhōbaštî יָבֵשׁ Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
Notes, marks, and bookmarks on this verse are in the KJV Bible app.