Jeremiah 51:8
Babylon is suddenly fallen, and broken; Howl ye over her; Bring ye balm for her wounds, If so be she may be healed.
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Isaiah 21:9And behold, there cometh a troop, Horsemen in pairs.” Again also he lifted up his voice, and said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods are cast broken to the ground.”
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then are not the wounds of my people healed?
Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou use many medicines; There is no cure for thee!
Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; For the men of Kir-heres shall there be mourning.
Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach taken! How is the praise of the whole earth fallen! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Ezekiel 30:2Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, Alas! alas for the day!
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 →