Jeremiah 51:29

29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow for every thought of the LORD is confirmed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:29 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:29

And the land shall tremble and sorrow
The land of Chaldea, the inhabitants of it, should tremble, when they heard of this powerful army invading their land, and besieging their metropolis; and should sorrow, and be in pain as a woman in travail, as the word ^F6 signifies: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon;
or, "shall stand" ^F7; be certainly fulfilled; for his purposes are firm and not frustratable: to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant;
this the Lord purposed, and threatened to do; see ( Jeremiah 50:39 Jeremiah 50:40 ) ( Isaiah 13:19 Isaiah 13:20 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (lxtw) "et parturiet", Schmidt. So Ben Melech.
F7 (hmq) "stabit, [vel] stant", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 51:29 In-Context

27 Set ye up a banner in the land, blow the shofar among the Gentiles, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as raised up locusts.

28 Prepare the nations against her: the kings of Media, the captains thereof, and all the princes thereof, and all the land of their dominion.

29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow for every thought of the LORD is confirmed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight; they have remained in their holds; their might has failed; they became as women: the enemies have burned her dwellingplaces; they have broken her bars.

31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken in all places,