Jeremiah 51:41
How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
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40I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
42The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:21And this house will be like a proverb to all who pass by. And being astonished, they shall say: ‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land and toward this house?’
Isaiah 14:4you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
Jeremiah 49:25How could they have abandoned the praiseworthy city, the city of rejoicing?
Jeremiah 50:46At the voice of the captivity of Babylon, the earth has been moved, and an outcry has been heard among the nations.”
Ezekiel 27:35All the inhabitants of the islands have been stupefied over you; and all their kings, having been struck by the tempest, have changed their expression.
Daniel 4:22They will expel you from among men, and your dwelling will be with the beasts and the wild animals, and you will eat hay like an ox, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Likewise, seven periods of time will pass over you, until you know that the Supreme One rules over the kingdom of men, and he gives it to whomever he wills.
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 →