Jeremiah 51:6-9

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.

7 Babylon was a gold cup in the LORD’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad.

8 Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

9 “ ‘We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to our own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the heavens.’

Jeremiah 51:6-9 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. S Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:8
• 2. Numbers 16:26; Revelation 18:4
• 3. Jeremiah 50:27
• 4. S Isaiah 1:24; S Jeremiah 50:15
• 5. ver 24,56; Deuteronomy 32:35; S Job 21:19; Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 50:29; Lamentations 3:64
• 6. S Isaiah 51:22; Jeremiah 25:15-16; Jeremiah 49:12; Revelation 14:8-10; Revelation 17:4
• 7. S Isaiah 14:15; S Isaiah 21:9; S Revelation 14:8
• 8. Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11
• 9. S Isaiah 13:14; S Isaiah 31:9; Jeremiah 50:16
• 10. Revelation 18:4-5