Jeremiah 51:45-49

45 “Come out of her, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the fierce anger of the LORD.

46 Do not lose heart or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land; one rumor comes this year, another the next, rumors of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.

47 For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her.

48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, for out of the north destroyers will attack her,” declares the LORD.

49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain, just as the slain in all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:45-49 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. ver 50; Revelation 18:4
• 2. ver 6; S Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:8
• 3. Psalms 76:10; Psalms 79:6
• 4. Psalms 18:45
• 5. S Jeremiah 46:27
• 6. S 2 Kings 19:7
• 7. ver 52; S Isaiah 46:1-2; S Jeremiah 50:2
• 8. Jeremiah 50:12
• 9. S Jeremiah 27:7
• 10. S Job 3:7; S Psalms 149:2; Isaiah 44:23; Revelation 18:20
• 11. ver 11; S Isaiah 41:25; S Jeremiah 25:26
• 12. ver 53,56
• 13. Psalms 137:8; S Jeremiah 50:29