Jeremiah 51:15-25

15 “He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

16 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

17 “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

18 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

19 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including the people of his inheritance— the LORD Almighty is his name.

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.

25 “I am against you, you destroying mountain, you who destroy the whole earth,” declares the LORD. “I will stretch out my hand against you, roll you off the cliffs, and make you a burned-out mountain.

Jeremiah 51:15-25 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. Psalms 104:24
• 2. S Genesis 1:1; Job 9:8; S Psalms 104:2
• 3. S Psalms 136:5
• 4. Psalms 18:11-13
• 5. S Job 28:26
• 6. S Deuteronomy 28:12; S Psalms 135:7; John 1:4
• 7. S Isaiah 44:20; Habakkuk 2:18-19
• 8. S Jeremiah 18:15
• 9. S Psalms 119:57
• 10. S Exodus 34:9
• 11. S Isaiah 10:5; Zechariah 9:13
• 12. S Job 34:24; Micah 4:13
• 13. S Isaiah 45:1
• 14. S Exodus 15:1
• 15. S Isaiah 43:17; S Jeremiah 50:37
• 16. S 2 Chronicles 36:17; Isaiah 13:17-18
• 17. ver 57
• 18. S ver 6,35; S Deuteronomy 32:41; S Jeremiah 50:15; Lamentations 3:64
• 19. S Isaiah 45:1
• 20. S Jeremiah 21:13
• 21. Jeremiah 50:23
• 22. S Exodus 3:20
• 23. Zechariah 4:7

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Chaldea" ; also in verse 35