Jeremiah 51:27-29

27 “Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.

28 Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.

29 The land trembles and writhes, for the LORD’s purposes against Babylon stand— to lay waste the land of Babylon so that no one will live there.

Jeremiah 51:27-29 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 Psalms 20:5; S Isaiah 13:2; Jeremiah 50:2
• 2. S Jeremiah 25:14
• 3. S Genesis 8:4
• 4. Genesis 10:3
• 5. S ver 14
• 6. S ver 11
• 7. ver 48
• 8. S Judges 5:4; S Jeremiah 49:21
• 9. S Psalms 33:11
• 10. Jeremiah 48:9
• 11. ver 43; S Isaiah 13:20