Jeremiah 51:34-36

34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.

35 May the violence done to our flesh^[a] be on Babylon,” say the inhabitants of Zion. “May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,” says Jerusalem.

36 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

Jeremiah 51:34-36 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 Jeremiah 50:17
• 2. Nahum 2:12
• 3. Hosea 8:8
• 4. ver 44; S Leviticus 18:25
• 5. Joel 3:19; Habakkuk 2:17
• 6. S ver 24; Psalms 137:8
• 7. Psalms 140:12; Jeremiah 50:34; Lamentations 3:58
• 8. ver 6; Jeremiah 20:12; S Romans 12:19
• 9. S Isaiah 11:15; S Isaiah 19:5; Hosea 13:15; Jeremiah 50:38

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "done to us and to our children"