Jeremiah 51:29

29 The earth trembles and writhes in pain. The LORD carries out his plans against Babylon to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.

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 Raise your battle flag throughout the world. Blow the ram's horn among the nations. Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.

28 Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Prepare the king of the Medes, their governors, all their deputies, and all the countries that they rule.

29 The earth trembles and writhes in pain. The LORD carries out his plans against Babylon to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.

30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.

31 Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.