Jeremiah 51:13

O thou that dwellest upon mayim rabbim, 1 abundant in otzarot, 1 thine end is come, 1 and the cubit of thy being cut off. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

In Context

12Lift up the nes (banner) upon the chomat Bavel, 1 reinforce the mishmeret (guard), 1 station the shomrim (watchmen), prepare the ambushes; 1 for Hashem hath both devised and done 1 that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Bavel. 1

14Hashem Tzva'os hath sworn by His Nefesh, saying: 1 Surely I will fill thee with adam, as with locusts; 1 and they shall lift up a shout against thee. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:13And Elohim said unto Noach, The ketz (end) of kol basar is come before Me; for ha'aretz is filled with chamas because of them; and, hineni, I will destroy them with ha'aretz.

Isaiah 45:3And I will give thee the otzarot choshech, 1 and hidden riches of mistarim (secret places) 1 that thou mayest know that I, Hashem, 1 Who call thee by thy shem (name), am Elohei Yisroel. 1

Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bulls; 1 let them go down latevach (to the slaughter); + 50:27 See Isa 53:7 1 woe unto them! For their day is come, 1 the time of their visitation [for punishment].

Jeremiah 50:37A cherev is upon their susim, and upon their chariots, 1 and upon all the mixed rabble that are in the midst of her; 1 and they shall become as nashim; 1 a cherev is upon her otzarot; 1 and they shall be plundered. 1

Lamentations 4:18They stalk our steps, 1 that we cannot go in our streets; 1 kitzeinu (our end) is near, our yamim are numbered; 1 for kitzeinu is come. 1

Daniel 5:26This is the pesher (interpretation, explanation) of the thing; mene; G-d hath numbered thy malchut, and finished with it.

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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