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Jeremiah 51 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 51, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Jeremiah 51 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
בָּבֶל Bâbel H894 36 Babel, Babylonia
נָפַץ nâphats H5310 9 dash, scatter
יָשַׁב yâshab H3427 10 sit, dwell
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 8 oracle
גּוֹי gôwy H1471 8 nation, a Gentile
צָבָא tsâbâʼ H6635 7 mass, army
חָלָל châlâl H2491 5 pierced, polluted

How preachers through history handled this text

58 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 51, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 55 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“60. So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. 60. Et scripsit Jeremias omne malum, quod venturum erat contra Babylonem in libro uno, omnes sermones istos scriptos contra Babylonem. 61. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 61. Et dixit Jeremias ipsi Seraiae, Quum ingressus fueris Babylonem, et conspexeris eam, tunc leges omnes sermones istos, 62. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 5, on Jeremiah 51:60–64 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Babylon 1 — Jer 51:1
  • Leb-kamai — Jer 51:1
  • Zion — Jer 51:10
  • Media — Jer 51:11

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