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Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the LORD’s purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the land will tremble and sorrow; For every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the land quakes and writhes, For the plans of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The land trembles and writhes [in pain and sorrow], For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth quakes and trembles because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth quakes and trembles because the LORD&#8217s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon an uninhabited desolation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The earth twists and turns in torment, because I have decided to make Babylonia a desert where no one can live, and I won't change my mind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the land trembleth and is in pain: for the purposes of the LORD against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The earth trembles and writhes in pain. The LORD carries out his plans against Babylon to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The earth trembles and shakes because the LORD is carrying out his plan to make Babylonia a desert, where no one lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The land quakes and writhes because the LORD's purposes against Babylon stand firm, to make the land of Babylon a waste without inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD?s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. For the LORD will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia a wasteland where no one lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of the LORD against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the land shakes, and it is pained, "" For the purposes of YHWH have stood against Babylon, "" To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the earth shall shake and be wearied; for the purpose of Jehovah was set up against Babel, to set the land of Babel for a desolation from not being inhabited.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the land shall be in a commotion, and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The earth quakes and writhes, the LORD’s plan against Babylon is carried out, Turning the land of Babylon into a wasteland without inhabitants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The land trembles and writhes, for the LORD’s purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the earth shall tremble and be confounded; for the purpose of the LORD against Babylon shall stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Earth shall shake and she shall be shocked, because the counsel of LORD JEHOVAH has stood against Babel to lay waste the land of Babel without an inhabitant<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the land quaketh and is in pain; For the purposes of the LORD are performed against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=16146" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Babylon's Punishment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">The earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/7493.htm" title="7493: wat·tir·‘aš (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To quake, shake. A primitive root; to undulate, partic. Through fear; specifically, to spring.">quakes</a> <a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: wat·tā·ḥōl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">and writhes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/4284.htm" title="4284: maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Thought, device. Or machashebeth; from chashab; a contrivance, i.e. a texture, machine, or intention, plan.">intentions</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qā·māh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">stand:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: lā·śūm (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">of Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">a desolation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: mê·’ên (Prep-m:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">inhabitant.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a></span><br />But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a></span><br />“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-22</a></span><br />This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a></span><br />Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8-10</a></span><br />For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. / Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1-3</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a></span><br />I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.</p><p class="hdg">the land</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Jeremiah 8:16</a></b></br> The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Jeremiah 10:10</a></b></br> But the LORD <i>is</i> the true God, he <i>is</i> the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Jeremiah 50:36,43</a></b></br> A sword <i>is</i> upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword <i>is</i> upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed… </p><p class="hdg">every</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Jeremiah 51:11,12,43,62-64</a></b></br> Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device <i>is</i> against Babylon, to destroy it; because it <i>is</i> the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Jeremiah 50:13,39,40,45</a></b></br> Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19,20</a></b></br> And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-12.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-45.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Quakes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Quaketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Trembles</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Trembleth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Unpeopled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Writhes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-35.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-35.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-51.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-52.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-17.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-29.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/nahum/1-11.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/joel/2-10.htm">Quakes</a> <a href="/joel/2-10.htm">Quaketh</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-50.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-12.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/joel/2-10.htm">Trembles</a> <a href="/ruth/3-8.htm">Trembleth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-14.htm">Unpeopled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Writhes</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 51</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">64. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Earthquakes in the Bible often symbolize divine intervention or judgment (e.g., <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>, <a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Matthew 27:51</a>). The imagery of the earth writhing suggests a violent upheaval, reflecting the severity of God's actions against Babylon. This can be seen as a fulfillment of God's sovereign power over nations and nature, emphasizing His control over all creation.<p><b>because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand:</b><br>The phrase underscores the certainty and unchangeability of God's plans. Babylon, a symbol of human pride and rebellion against God, is subject to divine judgment. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's justice and the eventual downfall of all who oppose Him (<a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a>). The mention of the LORD's intentions highlights His active role in history, fulfilling prophecies given through His prophets, such as those found in Isaiah and Jeremiah.<p><b>to make the land of Babylon a desolation,</b><br>This prophecy foretells the complete destruction of Babylon, which was once a powerful empire. Historically, Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians in 539 BC, fulfilling this prophecy. The term "desolation" indicates not just military defeat but a total ruin, leaving the land barren and uninhabitable. This serves as a warning of the consequences of pride and idolatry, as Babylon was known for its grandeur and defiance against God.<p><b>without inhabitant.</b><br>The finality of Babylon's judgment is emphasized by the absence of inhabitants. This reflects the complete and irreversible nature of God's judgment. In biblical terms, a land without inhabitants signifies utter devastation and abandonment (<a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-20</a>). This also serves as a typological foreshadowing of the ultimate judgment against all ungodly systems, as seen in <a href="/revelation/18.htm">Revelation 18</a>, where Babylon is used symbolically to represent the world system opposed to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Jeremiah is known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of God upon Judah and other nations, including Babylon.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>An ancient city and empire known for its wealth, power, and opposition to God’s people. In this context, Babylon represents a symbol of human pride and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His sovereignty and faithfulness to His purposes and promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>Represents the physical world that responds to God’s actions and judgments, often depicted as quaking or trembling in the presence of divine intervention.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation</a></b><br>The state of being deserted and empty, which is the prophesied outcome for Babylon as a result of God’s judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God’s Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God’s purposes will prevail over any nation or power, no matter how mighty they appear. This reminds us to trust in God’s ultimate plan and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_rebellion.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Rebellion</a></b><br>Babylon’s downfall serves as a warning against pride and rebellion against God. We are called to humility and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God’s Judgment</a></b><br>Just as Babylon faced desolation, there is a certainty of judgment for those who oppose God. This should motivate us to live righteously and share the gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth's_response_to_god's_power.htm">The Earth’s Response to God’s Power</a></b><br>The imagery of the earth quaking highlights the power and majesty of God. It encourages us to have a reverent fear of the Lord.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God’s Justice</a></b><br>While judgment is severe, it also brings hope for the oppressed, as God’s justice will ultimately prevail.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_27_stress_obeying_babylon.htm">Why does the text in Jeremiah 27 emphasize obedience to Babylon's rule if rabbinic and later Christian teachings stress allegiance to God above earthly powers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_babylon's_survival_refute_jer._51_41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 foretells Babylon's complete humiliation, but historical records show subsequent rulers maintained parts of it--does this undermine the chapter's claims?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_babylon's_reuse_contradict_prophecy.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 states no stone from Babylon will ever be used again, yet evidence suggests later civilizations reused its materials--does this contradict the prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">And the land shall tremble and sorrow.</span>--The verbs in the Hebrew are in the past tense, the prophet seeing, as it were, the very event which he portrays passing before him in his vision.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Shall tremble and sorrow.</span> The Hebrew has "trembled and sorrowed" (or, "quaked and writhed for pain"); and in the sequel, have stood (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> been ratified by the event, as <a href="/jeremiah/44-28.htm">Jeremiah 44:28</a>). The prophet here, as so often, regards what is still future as past from the point of view of eternity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">quakes</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tir·‘aš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7493.htm">Strong's 7493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To undulate, through fear, to spring</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and writhes</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּחֹ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·ḥōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">intentions</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4284.htm">Strong's 4284: </a> </span><span class="str2">A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Babylon</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּבֶל֙</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stand:</span><br /><span class="heb">קָ֤מָה</span> <span class="translit">(qā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to make</span><br /><span class="heb">לָשׂ֞וּם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·śūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֧רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Babylon</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּבֶ֛ל</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a desolation,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁמָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, consternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without an inhabitant.</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשֵֽׁב׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:29 The land trembles and is in pain (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>