Jeremiah 51:20-24

20 “You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,

21 with you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver,

22 with you I shatter man and woman, with you I shatter old man and youth, with you I shatter young man and young woman,

23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter governors and officials.

24 “Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia^[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:20-24 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 10:5; Zechariah 9:13
• 2. S Job 34:24; Micah 4:13
• 3. S Isaiah 45:1
• 4. S Exodus 15:1
• 5. S Isaiah 43:17; S Jeremiah 50:37
• 6. S 2 Chronicles 36:17; Isaiah 13:17-18
• 7. ver 57
• 8. S ver 6,35; S Deuteronomy 32:41; S Jeremiah 50:15; Lamentations 3:64
• 9. S Isaiah 45:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Chaldea" ; also in verse 35