Jeremiah 51:13

You people who live by many streams of water, you people who are rich with treasures, 1 your end has come. The thread of your life is now cut short. 1

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

In Context

12Lift up a banner over Babylon's walls; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; 1 for the LORD will do what he has said concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. 1

14Yahweh of hosts has sworn by his own life, 'I will fill you with men, like a swarm of locusts, 1 and they will raise a battle cry against you.' 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:13God said to Noah, “I can see that it is time to put an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Indeed, I will destroy them with the earth.

Isaiah 45:3and I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden away, 1 that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, I, the God of Israel. 1

Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her bulls. Send them down to the place of slaughter. 1 Woe to them, for their day has come—the time for their punishment. 1

Jeremiah 50:37A sword is coming against their horses, their chariots and all of the people who are in the midst of Babylon, 1 so they will become like women. A sword is coming against her storerooms, and they will be plundered. 1

Lamentations 4:18They followed our steps, 1 we could not walk in our streets. 1 Our end was near and our days were numbered, 1 our end had come. 1

Daniel 5:26This is its meaning: 'Mene,' 'God has numbered your kingdom and brought it to an end.'

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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