Jeremiah 51:36

36 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am going to ¹plead your case And ²exact full vengeance for you; And ³I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.

Jeremiah 51:36 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus saith the Lord
In answer to the prayers of the inhabitants of Zion and Jerusalem, imprecating divine vengeance on Babylon: behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee;
not by words only, but by deeds, inflicting punishment on their enemies: and I will dry up her sea;
the confluence of waters about Babylon; the river Euphrates, the channel of which was drained by Cyrus, by which means he took the city; and this may figuratively design the abundance of riches and affluence of good things in Babylon, which should now be taken from her: and make her springs dry;
deprive her of all the necessaries of life; and stop up all the avenues by which she was supplied with them; and cut off all communication of good things to her.

Jeremiah 51:36 In-Context

34 "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me, He has set me down like an empty vessel; He has swallowed me like a monster, He has filled his stomach with my delicacies; He has washed me away.

35 "May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon," The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea," Jerusalem will say.

36 Therefore thus says the LORD , "Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.

37 "Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

38 "They will roar together like young lions, They will growl like lions' cubs.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 140:12
• 2. Jeremiah 51:6, 11; Romans 12:19
• 3. Jeremiah 50:38

Footnotes

• [a] Or "broad river"