Yirmeyah 51:24

24 And I will render unto Bavel and to all the inhabitants of Kasdim all their ra’ah that they have done in Tziyon in your sight, saith Hashem.

Yirmeyah 51:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:24

And I will render unto Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of
Chaldea
Or, "but I will render" ^F23, &c. though I have made this use of Babylon, she shall not be spared, but receive her just recompense of reward; not the city of Babylon only, but the whole land of Chaldea, and all the inhabitants of it: all their evil that they have done in Zion, in your sight, saith the
Lord;
the sense is, that for all the evil the Chaldeans had done in Judea; the ravages they had made there, the blood they had shed, and the desolation they had made; and particularly for what they had done in Jerusalem, and especially in the temple, burning, spoiling, and profaning that, God would now righteously punish them, and retaliate all this evil on them; and which should be done publicly, before all the nations of the world, and particularly in the sight of God's own people: for this phrase, "in your sight", does not refer to the evils done in Zion, but to the recompense that should be made for them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (ytmlvw) "sed rependam", Piscator; "sed retribuam", Schmidt.

Yirmeyah 51:24 In-Context

22 With thee also will I break in pieces ish and isha; and with thee will I break in pieces zaken and na’ar; and with thee will I break in pieces the bochur and the betulah;

23 I will also break in pieces with thee the ro’eh and his eder; and with thee will I break in pieces the ikkar (farmer) and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces pachot (rulers) and seganim (officials).

24 And I will render unto Bavel and to all the inhabitants of Kasdim all their ra’ah that they have done in Tziyon in your sight, saith Hashem.

25 Hineni, I am against thee, O Har HaMashchit (Destroying Mountain), saith Hashem, which destroyest kol ha’aretz; and I will stretch out Mine Yad upon thee, and roll thee down from the cliffs, and will make thee a har serefah (burned out mountain).

26 And they shall not take of thee an even (stone) for a pinnah (cornerstone), nor an even (stone) for mosadot (foundations); but thou shalt be desolate forever, saith Hashem.