Jeremiah 51:25

See, I am against you, mountain of destruction—this is Yahweh's declaration—which destroys the whole earth. 1 I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the cliffs, 1 and make you a burned-out mountain. 1

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Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

In Context

24For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea 1 for all of the evil that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

26So they will not take from you any stone to construct a building's corner or foundation; 1 for you will become an everlasting devastation—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top will reach to the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves. If we do not, we will be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”

Jeremiah 25:9see, I am about to send out a command to gather all the peoples of the north—this is Yahweh's declaration—with Nebuchadnezzar my servant, king of Babylon, and bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all the nations around you. For I will set them apart for destruction. I will turn them into a horror, an object for hissing, and an unending desolation.

Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem, the cities of Judah and her kings and officials—to turn them into ruins and something terrifying, and into an object for hissing and cursing, as they are at this present day.

Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of Yahweh that made all the world drunk; 1 nations drank her wine and became insane. 1

Jeremiah 51:53For even if Babylon went up to the heavens or fortified her highest fortresses, 1 destroyers would come from me to her—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Daniel 4:30and he said, “Is this not the great Babylon, which I have built for my royal residence, for the glory of my majesty?”

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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