Jeremiah 51:8
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Isaiah 21:9And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs. And he spoke and said: 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.'
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah 46:11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no cure for thee.
Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-heres shall my heart moan.
Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Ezekiel 30:2'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Wail ye: Woe worth the day!
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →