The Meaning of Jeremiah 49:21 Explained

Jeremiah 49:21

KJV: The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.

YLT: From the noise of their fall hath the earth shaken, The cry -- at the sea of Suph is its voice heard.

Darby: The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall; there is a cry, the sound whereof is heard in the Red sea.

ASV: The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The earth  is moved  at the noise  of their fall,  at the cry  the noise  thereof was heard  in the Red  sea. 

What does Jeremiah 49:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 49

1  The judgment of the Ammonites
6  Their restoration
7  The judgment of Edom
23  of Damascus
28  of Kedar
30  of Hazor
34  and of Elam
39  The restoration of Elam

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 49:21 mean?

At the noise of their fall shakes the earth at the cry at the Sea Red is heard its noise
מִקּ֣וֹל נִפְלָ֔ם רָעֲשָׁ֖ה הָאָ֑רֶץ צְעָקָ֕ה בְּיַם־ ס֖וּף נִשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹלָֽהּ

מִקּ֣וֹל  At  the  noise 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
נִפְלָ֔ם  of  their  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
רָעֲשָׁ֖ה  shakes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָעַשׁ 
Sense: to quake, shake.
הָאָ֑רֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
צְעָקָ֕ה  at  the  cry 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צְעָקָה  
Sense: cry, outcry.
בְּיַם־  at  the  Sea 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
ס֖וּף  Red 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סוּף  
Sense: reed, rush, water plant.
נִשְׁמַ֥ע  is  heard 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
קוֹלָֽהּ  its  noise 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.