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Jeremiah 51:36

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.

KJV

Propterea hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego judicabo causam tuam, et ulciscar ultionem tuam : et desertum faciam mare ejus, et siccabo venam ejus.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

לָ/כֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְ/נִי רָב֙ אֶת רִיבֵ֔/ךְ וְ/נִקַּמְתִּ֖י אֶת נִקְמָתֵ֑/ךְ וְ/הַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ אֶת יַמָּ֔/הּ וְ/הֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י אֶת מְקוֹרָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, I and will dry up her spring.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה
h
verb · 70×
הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ
hchrybv
verb · 42×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
י
y
noun · 27×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מְק֣וֹר
mqvr
noun · 17×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
רִ֥יב
ryb
noun · 61×
תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם
ttnqm
verb · 35×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Deut 32:43 — Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
  • Hab 2:8 — Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
  • Heb 10:30 — For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
  • Isa 19:5 — And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
  • Isa 43:14 — Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
  • Isa 44:27 — That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
  • Isa 44:27 — That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
  • Isa 47:6 — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
  • Isa 49:25 — But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save th
  • Jer 50:33 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
  • Jer 50:34 — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Jer 50:38 — A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
  • Jer 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
  • Jer 51:13 — O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
  • Lam 3:58 — O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
  • Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Prov 22:23 — For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
  • Prov 22:23 — For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
  • Prov 23:11 — For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
  • Ps 35:1 — Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
  • Ps 94:1 — O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
  • Ps 107:33 — He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
  • Ps 119:154 — Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
  • Ps 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
  • Rev 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
  • Rev 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
  • Rev 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
  • Rom 12:19 — Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.