Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.” New Living Translation “We are ashamed,” the people say. “We are insulted and disgraced because the LORD’s Temple has been defiled by foreigners.” English Standard Version ‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for foreigners have come into the holy places of the LORD’s house.’ Berean Standard Bible “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.” King James Bible We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house. New King James Version We are ashamed because we have heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house. New American Standard Bible We are ashamed because we have heard rebuke; Disgrace has covered our faces, Because strangers have entered The holy places of the LORD’S house. NASB 1995 We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; Disgrace has covered our faces, For aliens have entered The holy places of the LORD’S house. NASB 1977 We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; Disgrace has covered our faces, For aliens have entered The holy places of the LORD’s house. Legacy Standard Bible We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; Dishonor has covered our faces, For strangers have entered The holy places of the house of Yahweh. Amplified Bible We are perplexed and ashamed, for we have heard reproach; Disgrace has covered our faces, For foreigners [from Babylon] have come Into the [most] sacred parts of the sanctuary of the LORD [even those places forbidden to all but the appointed priest]. Christian Standard Bible We are ashamed because we have heard insults. Humiliation covers our faces because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s temple. Holman Christian Standard Bible We are ashamed because we have heard insults. Humiliation covers our faces because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s temple. American Standard Version We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they of the house Israel will say: “We are very ashamed, because we have heard reproach, and shame has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy place of LORD JEHOVAH! Brenton Septuagint Translation We are ashamed, because we have heard our reproach; disgrace has covered our face; aliens are come into our sanctuary, even into the house of the Lord. Contemporary English Version You feel ashamed and disgraced, because foreigners have entered my sacred temple. Douay-Rheims Bible We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord. English Revised Version We are ashamed, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house. GOD'S WORD® Translation We have been put to shame, and we have been disgraced. Shame covers our faces, because foreigners have gone into the holy places of the LORD's temple. Good News Translation You say, 'We've been disgraced and made ashamed; we feel completely helpless because foreigners have taken over the holy places in the Temple.' International Standard Version We have been put to shame because we have heard insults. Disgrace has covered our faces because foreigners have come into the Holy Places of the LORD's house. JPS Tanakh 1917 We are ashamed, because we have heard reproach, Confusion hath covered our faces; For strangers are come Into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.' Literal Standard Version We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, | Shame has covered our faces, | For strangers have come in against the sanctuaries of the house of YHWH. Majority Standard Bible “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.” New American Bible We are ashamed because we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces; strangers have entered sanctuaries in the LORD’s house. NET Bible We are ashamed because we have been insulted. Our faces show our disgrace. For foreigners have invaded the holy rooms in the LORD's temple.' New Revised Standard Version We are put to shame, for we have heard insults; dishonor has covered our face, for aliens have come into the holy places of the LORD’s house. New Heart English Bible "We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house." Webster's Bible Translation We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house. World English Bible “We are confounded because we have heard reproach. Confusion has covered our faces, for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house.” Young's Literal Translation We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Babylon's Punishment…50You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” 51“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.” 52“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.… Cross References Psalm 44:15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face, Psalm 69:7 For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face. Psalm 74:3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed. Lamentations 1:10 The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary--those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly. Amos 7:9 The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword." Micah 6:16 You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab's house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations." Treasury of Scripture We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house. are confounded Jeremiah 3:22-25 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God… Jeremiah 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Psalm 74:18-21 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name… shame Jeremiah 3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. Jeremiah 14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Psalm 44:13-16 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us… for strangers Jeremiah 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: Psalm 74:3-7 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary… Psalm 79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. Jump to Previous Aliens Ashamed Bitter Confounded Confusion Covered Disgrace Disgraced Dishonor Entered Face Faces Heard Holy House Insulted Jehovah's LORD's Places Reproach Sanctuaries Shame Shamed Strange Strangers WordsJump to Next Aliens Ashamed Bitter Confounded Confusion Covered Disgrace Disgraced Dishonor Entered Face Faces Heard Holy House Insulted Jehovah's LORD's Places Reproach Sanctuaries Shame Shamed Strange Strangers WordsJeremiah 51 1. The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel59. Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, 64. in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon (51) We are confounded, because we have heard reproach . . .--The answer which the prophet seems to hear from the lips of the exiles, is, however, for the present, of a different character. They are cast down and oppressed by the disgrace that has fallen on them and on the Holy City. Aliens in blood and faith have profaned their sanctuaries. Can anything wipe off the stain of that disgrace? The prophet had known the bitterness of that thought himself (Lamentations 1:10; Lamentations 2:7; Lamentations 4:12), and had learnt how to deal with it: "Yes," he answers in the next verse, "there is comfort in the thought of retribution. The idol-temples which had been enriched with the spoils of their Temple shall be despoiled; the plunderers shall fall by the sword of the destroyer."Verse 51. - We are confounded. A reflection of the exiles, expressing their deep shame at the ignominy which has been their lot. Are come; or, came. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “We are ashamedבֹּ֚שְׁנוּ (bō·šə·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction we have heard שָׁמַ֣עְנוּ (šā·ma‘·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently reproach; חֶרְפָּ֔ה (ḥer·pāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2781: Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda disgrace כְלִמָּ֖ה (ḵə·lim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy has covered כִּסְּתָ֥ה (kis·sə·ṯāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover our faces, פָּנֵ֑ינוּ (pā·nê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 6440: The face because כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction foreigners זָרִ֔ים (zā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery have entered בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the holy places מִקְדְּשֵׁ֖י (miq·də·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum of the LORD’s יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel house.” בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house Links Jeremiah 51:51 NIVJeremiah 51:51 NLT Jeremiah 51:51 ESV Jeremiah 51:51 NASB Jeremiah 51:51 KJV Jeremiah 51:51 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 51:51 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 51:51 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 51:51 French Bible Jeremiah 51:51 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:51 We are confounded because we have heard (Jer.) |