Jeremiah 51:62

62 and say, 'You, O LORD, have promised concerning this place to ¹cut it off, so that there will be ²nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.'

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Jeremiah 51:62 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:62

Then shall thou say, O Lord
Acknowledging this prophecy to be of God; believing the accomplishment of it; and praying over it, and for it, like a good man, as doubtless he was: thou hast spoken against this place;
the city of Babylon, where Seraiah is now supposed to be: to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but
that it shall be desolate for ever;
this is the substance of the whole prophecy, that the destruction of Babylon should be an utter and a perpetual one; and which is expressed in the same words that are here used, ( Jeremiah 50:3 Jeremiah 50:13 Jeremiah 50:26 Jeremiah 50:40 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 51:62 In-Context

60 So Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll all the calamity which would come upon Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon.

61 Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud,

62 and say, 'You, O LORD , have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.'

63 "And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,

64 and say, 'Just so shall Babylon sink down and not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted.' " Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Cross References 2

1. Isaiah 13:19-22; Isaiah 14:22, 23; Jer 50:3, 13, 39, 40
2. Jeremiah 51:43; Ezekiel 35:9

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "spoken"
[b]. Lit "from man even to beast"

Jeremiah 51:62

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