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Jeremiah 51:1-6

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God's Judgment on Babylon

1 This is what the Lord says: I am about to stir up a destructive wind[a] against Babylon and against the population of Leb-qamai.[b]
2 I will send strangers to Babylon who will scatter her and strip her land bare, for they will come against her from every side in the day of disaster.
3 Don't let the archer string his bow; don't let him put on[c] his armor.[d] Don't spare her young men; completely destroy her entire army!
4 Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those who were pierced through, in her streets.[e]
5 For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the Lord of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.[f]
6 Leave Babylon;[g] save your lives, each of you![h] Don't be silenced by her guilt. For this is the time of the Lord's vengeance- He will pay her what she deserves.[i]
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Jeremiah 51:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 51

The former part of this chapter is a continuation of the prophecy of the preceding chapter, concerning the destruction of Babylon, Jer 51:1-58; the latter part of it contains a prophecy of Jeremiah sent to the captives in Babylon by the hand of Seraiah, with the copy of the above prophecy against Babylon, and an order to fasten a stone to it, and cast it into the river Euphrates, as a sign, confirming the utter and irreparable ruin of Babylon, Jer 51:59-64.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 9

  • [a] Or stir up the spirit of a destroyer
  • [b] a name for Chaldeans
  • [c] Hb obscure
  • [d] Jr 46:4; Jb 41:13
  • [e] Jr 51:47,52
  • [f] Jr 50:29; Ps 78:41; Isa 37:23
  • [g] Jr 50:8; Rv 18:4
  • [h] Jr 48:6; 51:45
  • [i] Ps 28:4; 137:8; Isa 66:6
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