Jeremiah 51:18
They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 2:18The idols shall utterly pass away.
Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.
Jeremiah 10:8But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
Jeremiah 10:15They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
Jeremiah 43:12I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.
Jeremiah 48:7For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. Chemosh will go out into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
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 →