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and they shall lift up a shout against thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, And they shall lift up a shout against you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of armies has sworn by Himself: “I will certainly fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: &#8220Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh of hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn [an oath] by Himself, saying, “Surely I will fill you with men, as with [a swarm of] locusts [who strip the land clean], And they will lift up a song <i>and</i> shout of victory over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of Armies has sworn by himself: I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will sing the victory song over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will sing the victory song over you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I, the LORD All-Powerful, swear by my own life that enemy soldiers will fill your streets like a swarm of locusts. They will shout and celebrate their victory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the cankerworm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD of Armies has taken an oath on himself: "I will certainly fill you with many enemy armies. They will swarm like locusts. People will shout their victory over you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD Almighty has sworn by his own life that he will bring many men to attack Babylonia like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sworn by himself: "I'll surely fill you with soldiers like a swarm of locusts, and they'll sing songs of victory over you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: ?Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD who rules over all has solemnly sworn, 'I will fill your land with enemy soldiers. They will swarm over it like locusts. They will raise up shouts of victory over it.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, "Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall raise a shout against thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying, ‘Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, and they will lift up a shout against you.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself, "" That, Surely I have filled you [with] men as the cankerworm, "" And they have cried against you—shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee with men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee -- shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah of armies sware by his soul: That if I filled thee with men as with locusts, and they struck up a shout against thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying : I will fill thee with men as with locusts, and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself, saying: “For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself: I will fill you with people as numerous as locusts, who shall raise over you a joyous shout! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with troops like a swarm of locusts, and they shall raise a shout of victory over you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, numerous as locusts; and they shall lift up a shout against you, saying, It is done! It is done!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts has sworn in his soul: "I shall fill you with men like locusts, and they shall answer against you, and they shall say, ‘Woe! Woe!’"<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD of hosts hath sworn by Himself: Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm, And they shall lift up a shout against thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the Lord has sworn by his arm, <i>saying,</i> I will fill thee with men as with locusts; and they that come down shall cry against thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-14.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=15966" 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">The Judgment on Babylon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><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</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: niš·ba‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">has sworn</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: bə·nap̄·šōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">by Himself:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">“Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mil·lê·ṯîḵ (V-Piel-Perf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">I will fill you up</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">with men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3218.htm" title="3218: kay·ye·leq (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- (a kind of) locust. From an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust.">as with locusts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: wə·‘ā·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To answer, respond.">and they will shout in triumph</a> <a href="/hebrew/1959.htm" title="1959: hê·ḏāḏ (N-ms) -- A shout, shouting, cheer. From an unused root; acclamation."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over you.”</a> </span><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/13-4.htm">Isaiah 13:4-5</a></span><br />Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. / They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Habakkuk 2:13</a></span><br />Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24-27</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a></span><br />Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23</a></span><br />By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16-17</a></span><br />And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. / For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-7</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. / But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.<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/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10-11</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.’ / I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1-2</a></span><br />After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! / 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/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</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. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<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/48-14.htm">Isaiah 48:14</a></span><br />Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-20.htm">Revelation 18:20</a></span><br />Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</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. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against you.</p><p class="hdg">sworn</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Jeremiah 49:13</a></b></br> For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Amos 6:8</a></b></br> The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Hebrews 6:13</a></b></br> For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,</p><p class="hdg">himself [heb] his soul </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Jeremiah 46:23</a></b></br> They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and <i>are</i> innumerable.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Judges 6:5</a></b></br> For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; <i>for</i> both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4-7</a></b></br> That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten… </p><p class="hdg">lift up [heb] utter</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15</a></b></br> Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it <i>is</i> the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Assuredly</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Canker</a> <a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Cankerworm</a> <a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Canker-Worm</a> <a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Caterpillars</a> <a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Caterpillers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-12.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-14.htm">Population</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-45.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-12.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Triumph</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-10.htm">Victory</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Worm</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-19.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-19.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/matthew/18-19.htm">Assuredly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Canker</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Cankerworm</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Canker-Worm</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Caterpillars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Caterpillers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-54.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-36.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-19.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-56.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/amos/1-6.htm">Population</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-2.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-42.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/micah/5-9.htm">Triumph</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-8.htm">Victory</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-38.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Worm</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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Swearing by Himself underscores the certainty and unchangeable nature of His promise, as there is no higher authority by which He can swear (<a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Hebrews 6:13</a>). This reflects God's sovereignty and His ultimate control over the events of history.<p><b>Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts:</b><br>The imagery of locusts is significant in biblical literature, often symbolizing overwhelming numbers and destruction (<a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a>, <a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Exodus 10:12-15</a>). Here, it suggests an invading army that will be as numerous and devastating as a swarm of locusts. Historically, this prophecy is directed against Babylon, predicting its downfall through the invasion of the Medes and Persians. The locust metaphor also connects to the plagues of Egypt, highlighting divine judgment.<p><b>and they will shout in triumph over you:</b><br>The shouting in triumph indicates victory and conquest. This phrase foretells the celebration of the conquerors over Babylon, a city known for its pride and idolatry (<a href="/isaiah/47.htm">Isaiah 47:1-5</a>). The historical fulfillment of this prophecy occurred when Cyrus the Great captured Babylon in 539 BC. The triumph over Babylon can also be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over sin and evil, as Babylon often symbolizes worldly opposition to God's kingdom (<a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It underscores His ability to execute judgment and fulfill His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The primary subject of God's judgment in this passage. Babylon was a powerful empire known for its wealth and military might, but it was also notorious for its idolatry and oppression of God's people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/locusts.htm">Locusts</a></b><br>Symbolic of a vast, overwhelming force. In the context of this verse, locusts represent the multitude of invaders that God will bring against Babylon as a form of divine judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's message of judgment and hope. He was called to deliver difficult truths to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_invading_armies.htm">The Invading Armies</a></b><br>These are the forces that God will use to bring about Babylon's downfall. Historically, this refers to the Medes and Persians who conquered Babylon.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and uses them to accomplish His purposes. His judgments are just and serve to fulfill His divine plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_promises.htm">The Certainty of God's Promises</a></b><br>When God swears by Himself, it underscores the absolute certainty of His word. Believers can trust in the reliability of God's promises, both in judgment and in salvation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Idolatry</a></b><br>Babylon's downfall serves as a warning against pride and reliance on worldly power. Believers are called to humble themselves and trust in God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a></b><br>Just as God's word brought about Babylon's fall, His word is powerful and active in our lives today. We are encouraged to study and apply it diligently.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>While God's judgment is severe, it is also a source of hope for the oppressed. God's justice ensures that evil will not prevail indefinitely.<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/what's_the_book_of_joel's_message.htm">What is the main message of the Book of Joel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_fate_of_jeremiah_42_14-16.htm">Jeremiah 42:14-16: Is there archaeological or external evidence supporting the fate of those who fled to Egypt, as described in these verses?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_14_22_say_babylon_is_gone.htm">Why does Isaiah 14:22 indicate a complete annihilation of Babylon when other biblical passages describe Babylon's later presence or rebuilding?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_jeremiah's_land_purchase_verified.htm">Jeremiah 32:9-15: How can the account of Jeremiah purchasing land during a siege be historically or archaeologically verified if the city was on the brink of destruction?</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>(14) <span class= "bld">The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself.--</span>This is, as in <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm" title="For I have sworn by myself, said the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.">Jeremiah 49:13</a>; <a href="/amos/6-8.htm" title="The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, said the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.">Amos 6:8</a>, the most solemn form of affirmation. Compare <a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm" title="For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,">Hebrews 6:13</a>, and Note on <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm" title="For I have sworn by myself, said the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.">Jeremiah 49:13</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Surely I will fill thee with men, as with Caterpillers.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">with grasshoppers </span>or <span class= "ital">locusts, </span>the fullest type of the swarms of the destroyer (<a href="/nahum/3-15.htm" title="There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the cankerworm: make yourself many as the cankerworm, make yourself many as the locusts.">Nahum 3:15</a>). The "Surely" answers to the Hebrew "For if," as giving the condition on which the shouting depends. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Surely I will fill thee,</span> etc. This is the rendering of Hitzig and Graf; the enemies are compared to locusts, as in <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Jeremiah 46:23</a>. But the expression, "to fill a city with men," is more naturally taken of the increase of the population of the city; and it is better to render, with Ewald and Keil, "Even though [or, 'Surely even though'] I have filled thee with men, as with locusts, they shall raise over thee the cheer of the vintage;" <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the millions of Babylon's population will not save her from the most utter ruin. For the vintage cheer, see on Jeremiah 25:30; and for the figures, see especially, <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-14.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 LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</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">of Hosts</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has sworn</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁבַּ֛ע</span> <span class="translit">(niš·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seven oneself, swear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by Himself:</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנַפְשׁ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nap̄·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Surely</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">I will fill you up</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלֵּאתִ֤יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lê·ṯîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with men</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like locusts,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּיֶּ֔לֶק</span> <span class="translit">(kay·ye·leq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3218.htm">Strong's 3218: </a> </span><span class="str2">A devourer, the young locust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they will shout in triumph</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָנ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over you.”</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֖יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:14 Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:15" /></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>