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Jeremiah 51 — Sermon Preparation
The extended oracle against Babylon announces God has raised up a destroyer; the city will become a desolation, and Jeremiah's scroll is thrown into the Euphrates. 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.
- 64
- verses
- 889 / 360
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 58
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
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.
“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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