¶“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will punish her idols, And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded will groan.
- KJV Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
- BSB “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
- NKJV “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will bring judgment on her carved images, And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
- NLT “Yes,” says the Lord, “but the time is coming when I will destroy Babylon’s idols. The groans of her wounded people will be heard throughout the land.
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Quick answer
God promises that the days are coming when He will judge Babylon's idols and the wounded will groan throughout her land. The Lord answers the people's lament with sure judgment on Babylon.
Overview
Responding to the confessed shame of verse 51, God pledges to repay Babylon's desecration by judging her images and filling her land with the groaning of the wounded. The repetition of this judgment on idols stresses its certainty. God's faithfulness to avenge the dishonor of His sanctuary assures believers that He will likewise vindicate His holy purposes accomplished in Christ.
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- Jer 51:47Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land will be confounded. All her slain will fall in the middle of her.
- Jer 50:38A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
- Dan 5:30–31In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
- Isa 13:15–16Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
- Ezek 30:24I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groaning of a mortally wounded man.
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