Jeremiah 51:13

O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.

Young's Literal Translation

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

12Unto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and done that which He spake, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

14Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee — shouting.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:13And God said to Noah, 'An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.

Isaiah 45:3And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name — [am] the God of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe [is] on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.

Jeremiah 50:37A sword [is] on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who [are] in her midst, And they have become women; A sword [is] on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled;

Lamentations 4:18They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.

Daniel 5:26This [is] the interpretation of the thing: Numbered — God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished 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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