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Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

KJV

Calix aureus Babylon in manu Domini, inebrians omnem terram : de vino ejus biberunt gentes, et ideo commotæ sunt.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν οὕτως εἶπεν Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ Ἵνα τί ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε κακὰ μεγάλα ἐπὶ ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἐκκόψαι ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπον καὶ γυναῖκα, νήπιον καὶ θηλάζοντα ἐκ μέσου Ἰούδα, πρὸς τὸ μὴ καταλειφθῆναι ὑμῶν μηδένα,

LXX

Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

ASV

כּוֹס זָהָ֤ב בָּבֶל֙ בְּ/יַד יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת כָּל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ מִ/יֵּינָ/הּ֙ שָׁת֣וּ גוֹיִ֔ם עַל כֵּ֖ן יִתְהֹלְל֥וּ גוֹיִֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כּ֣וֹס
kvs
noun · 34×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ן
n
verb · 19×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rev 18:2 · allusion
    "And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird."
    Jeremiah: Babylon was a golden cup — Babylon the great is fallen

Typology

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Dan 2:32 — This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
  • Dan 3:7 — Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshi
  • Esth 1:8 — And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
  • Hab 2:15 — Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
  • Isa 29:9 — Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
  • Jer 13:13 — Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the in
  • Jer 25:15 — For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
  • Jer 25:16 — And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
  • Jer 48:26 — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
  • Rev 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
  • Rev 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
  • Rev 17:2 — With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
  • Rev 17:2 — With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
  • Rev 17:4 — And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
  • Rev 17:4 — And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
  • Rev 18:3 — For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abunda
  • Rev 18:3 — For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abunda