Jeremiah 51:44
And I will send punishment on Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what went into it; no longer will the nations be flowing together to him: truly, the wall of Babylon will come down.
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In Context
45My people, go out from her, and let every man get away safe from the burning wrath of the Lord.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:7And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.
Job 20:15He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
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 50:2Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.
Jeremiah 51:18They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
Jeremiah 51:47For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.
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 →