Jeremiah 51:18
They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 2:18And the images will never be seen again.
Isaiah 46:1Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.
Jeremiah 10:8But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.
Jeremiah 10:15They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
Jeremiah 43:12And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.
Jeremiah 48:7For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →