Jeremiah 51:18
They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment. 1
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In The King James Version
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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Cross References
Isaiah 2:18The idols will completely pass away. 1
Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols 1 are carried by animals and beasts of burden. These idols that you carry are a heavy burden for weary animals. 1
Jeremiah 10:8They are all the same, they are brutish and stupid, disciples of idols that are nothing but wood. 1
Jeremiah 10:15They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment. 1
Jeremiah 43:12Then I will light a fire in the temples of Egypt's gods. Nebuchadnezzar will burn them or capture them. He will clean out the land of Egypt just as shepherds clean vermin off their clothes. He will go out from that place in victory. + 43:12 Instead of I will light a fire , some ancient and modern versions have he will light a fire .
Jeremiah 48:7For because of your trust in your practices and your wealth, you also will be captured. 1 Then Chemosh will go away into captivity, together with his priests and leaders. 1
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 →