Jeremiah 51:18
They are vain works, and worthy to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 idols shall be utterly destroyed.
Isaiah 46:1Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.
Jeremiah 10:8They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.
Jeremiah 10:15They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah 43:12And he shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and he shall carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment: and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
Jeremiah 48:7For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go into captivity, his priests, and his princes 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 →