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How desolate Babylon will be among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“How Babylon is fallen— great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an object of horror among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Oh, how Sheshach is taken! Oh, how the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“How Sheshak has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth has been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220How Sheshak has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“How Sheshak has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“How Sheshak has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“How Sheshak (Babylon) has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation <i>and</i> an object of horror among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How Sheshak has been captured, the praise of the whole earth seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How Sheshach has been captured, the praise of the whole earth seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All nations now praise Babylon, but when it is captured, those same nations will be horrified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Sheshach has been captured. Babylon, the city that the whole world praised, has been taken captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says about Babylon: "The city that the whole world praised has been captured! What a horrifying sight Babylon has become to the nations! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"How Sheshak will be captured, and the prince of all the earth seized! How Babylon will become an object of horror among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How is Sheshach taken, and the praise of the whole earth seized. How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“How Sheshach is taken! How the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />How Sheshach has been captured, "" Indeed, the praise of the whole earth is caught, "" How Babylon has been for an astonishment among nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How was Sheshach taken and the praise of all the earth will be seized; how was Babel for a desolation among the nations!<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />How she has been seized, taken captive, the glory of the whole world! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />How Sheshach is taken, the pride of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How is the royal city taken! the praise of the whole earth! How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />How is Arsacia seized, the glory of all the Earth, just as Babel became a horror among the Gentiles<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How is Sheshach taken! And the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment Among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-41.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=16289" 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">40</span>I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats. <span class="reftext">41</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/349.htm" title="349: ’êḵ (Interjection) -- How?. Also eykah; and teykakah; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where.">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/8347.htm" title="8347: šê·šaḵ (N-proper-ms) -- A name for Bab. Of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbol. Name of Babylon.">Sheshach</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: nil·kə·ḏāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">has been captured!</a> <a href="/hebrew/8416.htm" title="8416: tə·hil·laṯ (N-fsc) -- Praise, song of praise. From halal; laudation; specifically a hymn.">The praise</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <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/8610.htm" title="8610: wat·tit·tā·p̄êś (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">has been seized.</a> <a href="/hebrew/349.htm" title="349: ’êḵ (Interjection) -- How?. Also eykah; and teykakah; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where.">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">a horror</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/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has become</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: bag·gō·w·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">among the nations!</a> </span><span class="reftext">42</span>The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.…<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="/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/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/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/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-5.htm">Revelation 17:5</a></span><br />And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.<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/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/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4</a></span><br />you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!<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/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a></span><br />How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ...<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/47-5.htm">Isaiah 47:5</a></span><br />“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Revelation 18:16</a></span><br />saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a></span><br />“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “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/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Jeremiah 25:26</a></b></br> And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which <i>are</i> upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Daniel 5:1-3</a></b></br> Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand… </p><p class="hdg">the praise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-25.htm">Jeremiah 49:25</a></b></br> How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Jeremiah 50:23</a></b></br> How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</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><p class="hdg">an astonishment</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37</a></b></br> And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Jeremiah 50:46</a></b></br> At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Deuteronomy 28:37</a></b></br> And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-24.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-25.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Sheshach</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-41.htm">Surprised</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-42.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-20.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-48.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-44.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Object</a> <a href="/daniel/2-20.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-23.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Sheshach</a> <a href="/matthew/7-28.htm">Surprised</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Whole</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/51.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/51.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>How Sheshach has been captured!</b><br>Sheshach is a cryptic name for Babylon, derived from a form of atbash cipher, where letters are replaced with their counterparts from the opposite end of the Hebrew alphabet. This cryptic reference emphasizes the impending doom and divine judgment upon Babylon. Historically, Babylon was a dominant empire known for its grandeur and power, but its capture signifies the fulfillment of God's prophecy against it. The fall of Babylon is a pivotal event, symbolizing the ultimate defeat of human pride and rebellion against God.<p><b>The praise of all the earth has been seized.</b><br>Babylon was renowned for its splendor, wealth, and cultural achievements, often admired by surrounding nations. It was considered the "praise of all the earth" due to its impressive architecture, such as the Hanging Gardens, and its influential role in the ancient world. The seizing of this praise indicates a dramatic reversal of fortunes, where what was once celebrated is now brought low. This serves as a reminder of the transient nature of earthly glory and the sovereignty of God over all nations.<p><b>What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!</b><br>The transformation of Babylon from a place of admiration to one of horror underscores the severity of its judgment. This phrase highlights the shock and awe experienced by other nations witnessing Babylon's downfall. It serves as a warning of the consequences of pride and idolatry. In a broader biblical context, Babylon often symbolizes the epitome of human arrogance and opposition to God, as seen in Revelation, where it represents the ultimate worldly system opposed to God's kingdom. The horror of Babylon's fall prefigures the final judgment against all ungodly powers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheshach.htm">Sheshach</a></b><br>A cryptic name for Babylon, used in a form of Hebrew atbash cipher, where letters are substituted with their counterparts from the opposite end of the alphabet. It signifies the city of Babylon, a symbol of pride and idolatry.<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. It represents human pride and rebellion against God throughout the Bible.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations, including Babylon.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the various peoples and kingdoms that interacted with or were influenced by Babylon, often in awe of its power and splendor.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_babylon's_fall.htm">The Event of Babylon's Fall</a></b><br>The prophesied destruction of Babylon as a divine act of judgment, demonstrating God's sovereignty over nations and empires.<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 is in control of all nations and empires, regardless of their power or influence. No kingdom is beyond His reach or judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_pride.htm">The Futility of Human Pride</a></b><br>Babylon's fall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. True security and praise come from God alone.<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's fall was certain, so is God's judgment on all that opposes Him. This calls for repentance and humility before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>The destruction of Babylon assures believers that God will ultimately bring justice and righteousness to the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_citizens_of_god's_kingdom.htm">Living as Citizens of God's Kingdom</a></b><br>Believers are called to live distinctively, not conforming to the world's systems but aligning with God's kingdom values.<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/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/what_is_the_atbash_code.htm">What is the Atbash code?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_babylon_if_god_used_it.htm">Jeremiah 51:7 calls Babylon a 'golden cup' in God's hand; if God used Babylon, why should the nation be punished?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_babylon's_fall_reconciled.htm">Jeremiah 51:8 says Babylon has 'suddenly fallen,' yet historical records indicate a gradual decline--how is this reconciled?</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>(41) <span class= "bld">How is Sheshach taken!</span>--"Sheshach," it will be remembered, is the cypher which, as explained in the Note on <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm" title="And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.">Jeremiah 25:26</a>, stands for Babylon. Here, in the parallelism of Hebrew poetry, it balances the actual name of the city in the second clause of the verse. The word "surprised" is the same as that rendered "stopped" in <a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm" title="And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.">Jeremiah 51:32</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 41.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How is Sheshach taken!</span> The Septuagint omits "Sheshach" (see, on the name, <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Jeremiah 25:26</a>), and very possibly rightly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-41.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">How</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֚יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_349.htm">Strong's 349: </a> </span><span class="str2">How?, how!, where</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sheshach</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(šê·šaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8347.htm">Strong's 8347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sheshach -- a name for Babylon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has been captured!</span><br /><span class="heb">נִלְכְּדָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(nil·kə·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The praise</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּהִלַּ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(tə·hil·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8416.htm">Strong's 8416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Praise, song of praise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</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">has been seized.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tit·tā·p̄êś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> </span><span class="str2">To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably</span><br /><br /><span class="word">What</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_349.htm">Strong's 349: </a> </span><span class="str2">How?, how!, where</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a horror</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁמָּ֛ה</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">Babylon</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּבֶ֖ל</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">has become</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיְתָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among the nations!</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! 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