Jeremiah 51:4

Yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

In Context

3because of their wickedness, which they have wrought to provoke me, by going to burn incense to other gods, whom ye knew not.

5But they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn incense to strange gods.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:19But thou shalt be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcase, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.

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 →

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