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Jeremiah 51:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, it may be she may be healed.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Suddenly, hath Babylon fallen, and been broken,—Howl ye over her, Fetch balsam for her pain, Peradventure, she shall be healed!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she may be healed.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howle for her, take balme for her paine, if so be she may be healed.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; wail for her, take balm for her wound; perhaps she may be healed.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Bavel is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Bävel בָּבֶל 894
{0894} Prime
בָּבֶל
Babel
{baw-bel'}
From H1101; confusion; Babel (that is, Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.
is suddenly 6597
{6597} Prime
פִּתְאוֹם
pith'owm
{pith-ome'}
From H6621; instantly.
fallen 5307
{5307} Prime
נָפַל
naphal
{naw-fal'}
A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitively or causatively, literally or figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
and destroyed: 7665
{7665} Prime
שָׁבַר
shabar
{shaw-bar'}
A primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively).
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
howl 3213
{3213} Prime
יָלַל
yalal
{yaw-lal'}
A primitive root; to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one).
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
for x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
her; take 3947
{3947} Prime
לָקַח
laqach
{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
balm 6875
{6875} Prime
צְרִי
ts@riy
{tser-ee'}
From an unused root meaning to crack (as by pressure), hence to leak; distillation, that is, balsam.
for her pain, 4341
{4341} Prime
מַכְאֹב
mak'ob
{mak-obe'}
From H3510; anguish or (figuratively) affliction.
if so be x194
(0194) Complement
אוּלַי
'uwlay
{oo-lah'ee}
From H0176; if not; hence perhaps.
she may be healed. 7495
{7495} Prime
רָפָא
rapha'
{raw-faw'}
A primitive root; properly to mend (by stitching), that is, (figuratively) to cure.
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 51:8-9

_ _ Her friends and confederates, who behold her fall, are invited to her aid. They reply, her case is incurable, and that they must leave her to her fate. (Isaiah 21:9; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:9).

_ _ balm — (Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
suddenly:

Jeremiah 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Jeremiah 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Isaiah 21:9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Isaiah 47:9 But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
Revelation 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.

howl:

Jeremiah 48:20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Jeremiah 48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
Isaiah 13:6-7 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. ... Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
Ezekiel 27:30-32 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: ... And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying], What [city is] like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel 30:2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
Daniel 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
Daniel 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.
Revelation 18:9-11 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, ... And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Revelation 18:17-19 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, ... And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

take balm:

Jeremiah 8:22 [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah 30:12-15 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous. ... Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow [is] incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: [because] thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.
Nahum 3:19 [There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Is 13:6; 21:9; 47:9. Jr 8:22; 30:12; 46:11; 48:20, 31; 50:2; 51:41. Ezk 27:30; 30:2. Dn 5:24, 31. Na 3:19. Rv 14:8; 18:2, 8, 9, 17.

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