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Jeremiah 51:1-7

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The Utter Destruction of Babylon

1 Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will stir up 1the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,[a]
2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and 2they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side 3on the day of trouble.
3 4Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; 5devote to destruction[b] all her army.
4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, 6and wounded in her streets.
5 7For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD of hosts, but the land of the Chaldeans[c] is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
6 8"Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! 9Be not cut off in her punishment, 10for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
7 Babylon was 11a golden cup in the LORD's hand, 12making all the earth drunken; 13the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad.
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Jeremiah 51:1-7 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

Cross References 13

  • 1. [Jeremiah 4:11; Isaiah 21:1]
  • 2. [Matthew 3:12]; See Jeremiah 15:7
  • 3. [Jeremiah 2:28]
  • 4. [Jeremiah 50:14, 29]
  • 5. [Jeremiah 50:21]
  • 6. Jeremiah 49:26
  • 7. See Isaiah 54:5-7
  • 8. ver. 45; Jeremiah 50:8
  • 9. [Genesis 19:15]
  • 10. Jeremiah 50:15
  • 11. [Psalms 75:8; Revelation 17:4]
  • 12. Revelation 14:8
  • 13. See Jeremiah 25:15, 16

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. A code name for Chaldea
  • [b]. That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
  • [c]. Hebrew their land
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