Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore this is what the LORD says: “See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry. New Living Translation This is what the LORD says to Jerusalem: “I will be your lawyer to plead your case, and I will avenge you. I will dry up her river, as well as her springs, English Standard Version Therefore thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry, Berean Standard Bible Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry. King James Bible Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. New King James Version Therefore thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry. New American Standard Bible Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am going to plead your case And take vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry. NASB 1995 Therefore thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry. NASB 1977 Therefore thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I shall dry up her sea And make her fountain dry. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry. Amplified Bible Therefore thus says the LORD, “Behold, I will plead your case And take full vengeance for you; I will dry up her sea and great reservoir And make her fountain dry. Christian Standard Bible Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am about to champion your cause and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her fountain run dry. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am about to plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her fountain run dry. American Standard Version Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. Contemporary English Version My people, I am on your side, and I will take revenge on Babylon. I will cut off its water supply, and its stream will dry up. English Revised Version Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the LORD says: I am going to take up your cause and get revenge for you. I will dry up Babylon's sea and make its springs dry. Good News Translation And so the LORD said to the people of Jerusalem, "I will take up your cause and will make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I will dry up the source of Babylonia's water and make its rivers go dry. International Standard Version Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Look, I'm going to argue your case and take vengeance for you. I'll dry up her sea and make her fountain dry. Majority Standard Bible Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry. NET Bible Therefore the LORD says, "I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry. New Heart English Bible Therefore thus says the LORD: "Look, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. World English Bible Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTherefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, "" And I have avenged your vengeance, "" And dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry. Young's Literal Translation Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry. Smith's Literal Translation For this, thus said Jehovah: Behold me pleading thy cause, and I took vengeance with thy vengeance; and I dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, and will dry up her spring. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring. New American Bible But now, thus says the LORD: I will certainly defend your cause, I will certainly avenge you; I will dry up her sea, and drain her fountain. New Revised Standard Version Therefore thus says the LORD: I am going to defend your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTherefore thus says the LORD Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; I will dry up the sea of Babylon, and make her springs dry. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because of this, thus says LORD JEHOVAH: “Behold, I judge your judgment and I secure your vengeance, and I shall destroy the sea of Babel, and I shall dry up its springs OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, And take vengeance for thee; And I will dry up her sea, And make her fountain dry. Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain. Audio Bible Context Babylon's Punishment…35May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem. 36Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry. 37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.… Cross References Isaiah 41:11-12 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. Isaiah 47:3 Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” Isaiah 48:14 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. Isaiah 49:25-26 Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children. / I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” Isaiah 51:22-23 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again. / I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.” Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 59:18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands. Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come. Isaiah 66:6 Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve! Ezekiel 25:12-14 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’ Ezekiel 35:5-6 Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment, / therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. Nahum 1:2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies. Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, / and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Revelation 6:10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?” Treasury of Scripture Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. Jump to Previous Avenge Avenged Case Cause Defend Dried Dry Exact Fountain Full Payment Plead Pleading Reason Sea Spring Springs Support Undergone VengeanceJump to Next Avenge Avenged Case Cause Defend Dried Dry Exact Fountain Full Payment Plead Pleading Reason Sea Spring Springs Support Undergone VengeanceJeremiah 51 1. The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel59. Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, 64. in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon Therefore this is what the LORD says This phrase introduces a divine declaration, emphasizing the authority and sovereignty of God. In Hebrew, "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred name of God, signifying His eternal and unchanging nature. This introduction assures the listener that the following words are not merely human opinion but divine decree, underscoring the certainty and power behind the promise. Behold I will plead your case and take vengeance for you I will dry up her sea and drain her springs Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Therefore,לָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus this is what כֹּ֚ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Behold, הִנְנִי־ (hin·nî-) Interjection | first person common singular Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! I will plead רָב֙ (rāḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend your case רִיבֵ֔ךְ (rî·ḇêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute and take vengeance וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖י (wə·niq·qam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5358: To grudge, avenge, punish on your behalf; נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ (niq·mā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 5360: Avengement I will dry up וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ (wə·ha·ḥă·raḇ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill her sea יַמָּ֔הּ (yam·māh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin and make her springs מְקוֹרָֽהּ׃ (mə·qō·w·rāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny) run dry. וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י (wə·hō·ḇaš·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither Links Jeremiah 51:36 NIVJeremiah 51:36 NLT Jeremiah 51:36 ESV Jeremiah 51:36 NASB Jeremiah 51:36 KJV Jeremiah 51:36 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 51:36 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 51:36 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 51:36 French Bible Jeremiah 51:36 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold I will (Jer.) |
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