Jeremiah 51:4-6

4 They will fall down slain in Babylon,^[a]fatally wounded in her streets.

5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD Almighty, though their land^[b] is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.

6 “Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the LORD’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.

Jeremiah 51:4-6 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. Isaiah 13:15
• 2. S Isaiah 13:18; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 50:30
• 3. S Leviticus 26:44; Isaiah 54:6-8
• 4. Hosea 4:1
• 5. S Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:8
• 6. Numbers 16:26; Revelation 18:4
• 7. Jeremiah 50:27
• 8. S Isaiah 1:24; S Jeremiah 50:15
• 9. ver 24,56; Deuteronomy 32:35; S Job 21:19; Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 50:29; Lamentations 3:64

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Chaldea"
• [b] Or "Almighty," / "and the land of the Babylonians"