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Jeremiah 51
A high resolution scan of the Aleppo Codex showing theBook of Jeremiah(the sixth book in Nevi'im).
BookBook of Jeremiah
Hebrew Bible partNevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part6
CategoryLatter Prophets
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part24

Jeremiah 51is the fifty-firstchapterof theBook of Jeremiahin theHebrew Bibleor theOld Testamentof theChristianBible.This book contains prophecies attributed to theprophetJeremiah,and is one of theBooks of the Prophets.This chapter contains the last of a series of "oracles against foreign nations" which commences inchapter 46.[1]Chapters50and 51 focus onBabylon.[2][3]TheNew American Bible (Revised Edition)denotes this chapter as "the second oracle against Babylon", following on from "the first oracle" contained in chapter 50.[4]

Text

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The original text was written inHebrew.This chapter is divided into64 verses.

Textual witnesses

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Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter inHebreware of theMasoretic Texttradition, which includes theCodex Cairensis(895),the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets(916),Aleppo Codex(10th century),Codex Leningradensis(1008).[5]

There is also a translation intoKoine Greekknown as theSeptuagint(with a different chapter and verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of theSeptuagintversion includeCodex Vaticanus(B;B;4th century),Codex Sinaiticus(S;BHK:S;4th century),Codex Alexandrinus(A;A;5th century) andCodex Marchalianus(Q;Q;6th century).[6]The Septuagint version doesn't contain a part which are generally known to be verses 44d-49a in Christian Bibles.[7]

Verse numbering

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The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), andVulgate(Latin), in some places differs from that in theSeptuagint(LXX, the Greek Bible used in theEastern Orthodox Churchand others) according toRahlfsorBrenton.The following table is taken with minor adjustments fromBrenton's Septuagint,page 971.[7]

The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based onRahlfs' Septuaginta(1935) differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) inGöttingen LXX.Swete's Introductionmostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition (=CATSS).[7]

Hebrew, Vulgate, English Rahlfs' LXX (CATSS)
51:1-64 28:1-64
44:1-30
45:1-5
51:1-30
51:31-35

Parashot

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Theparashahsections listed here are based on theAleppo Codex.[8]Jeremiah 51 is a part of the prophecies "Against Babylon"in the section ofProphecies against the nations (Jeremiah 46-51).{P}: openparashah;{S}: closedparashah.

{S} 51:1-10 {S} 51:11-14 {S} 51:15-19 {P} 51:20-24 {S} 51:25-32 {S} 51:33-35 {S} 51:36-51 {P} 51:52-53 {S} 51:54-57 {S} 51:58 {S} 51:59-64 {P}

Verse 1

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Thus says the Lord:
"Behold, I will raise up against Babylon
Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai
A destroying wind. "[9]
  • "Leb Kamai" (לבקמי‎): lit. "The Midst of Those Who Rise Up Against Me";[10]means "Chaldea"(כשדים‎,kashdim), cryptically written using the "Atbash"mono Alpha betic substitution ciphersystem.[11]

Verse 41

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"Oh, how Sheshach is taken!
Oh, how the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations! "[12]

See also

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  • RelatedBiblepart:Ezekiel 27
  • References

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    1. ^Coogan 2007,pp. 1148 Hebrew Bible.
    2. ^O'Connor 2007,p. 524.
    3. ^Coogan 2007,pp. 1157-1164 Hebrew Bible.
    4. ^"Bible Gateway passage: Jeremiah 50-51 - New American Bible (Revised Edition)".Bible Gateway.
    5. ^Würthwein 1995,pp. 35–37.
    6. ^Würthwein 1995,pp. 73–74.
    7. ^abc"Table of Order of Jeremiah in Hebrew and Septuagint".ccel.org.
    8. ^As reflected in theJewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
    9. ^Jeremiah 51:1NKJV
    10. ^Note [a] on Jeremiah 51:1 inNew King James Version
    11. ^abPaul Y. Hoskisson."Jeremiah's Game".Insights.Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2013.Retrieved30 March2013.
    12. ^Jeremiah 51:41NKJV
    13. ^Note [c] on Jeremiah 51:41 inNew King James Version

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