The Meaning of Jeremiah 51:49 Explained

Jeremiah 51:49

KJV: As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

YLT: Even Babylon is to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.

Darby: As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

ASV: As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As  Babylon  [hath caused] the slain  of Israel  to fall,  so at Babylon  shall fall  the slain  of all the earth. 

What does Jeremiah 51:49 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Babylon would fall because she had felled Israel and many other nations.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 51

1  The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel
59  Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates,
64  in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 51:49 mean?

As Babylon [has caused] to fall the slain of Israel so at Babylon shall fall of all the earth
גַּם־ בָּבֶ֕ל לִנְפֹּ֖ל חַֽלְלֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל גַּם־ לְבָבֶ֥ל נָפְל֖וּ כָל־ הָאָֽרֶץ

בָּבֶ֕ל  Babylon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
לִנְפֹּ֖ל  [has  caused]  to  fall 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
חַֽלְלֵ֣י  the  slain 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
גַּם־  so 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
לְבָבֶ֥ל  at  Babylon 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
נָפְל֖וּ  shall  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
כָל־  of  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָאָֽרֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.