Jeremiah 51:41-43

41 “How Sheshak^[a] will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! How desolate Babylon will be among the nations!

42 The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her.

43 Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no one travels.

Jeremiah 51:41-43 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 25:26
• 2. Isaiah 13:19
• 3. Jeremiah 50:13
• 4. S Psalms 18:4; Isaiah 8:7
• 5. S Isaiah 21:1
• 6. S ver 29,62; S Isaiah 13:20; Jeremiah 2:6

Footnotes

• [a]. "Sheshak" is a cryptogram for Babylon.