Jeremiah 51:11

Jeremiah 51:11

9 We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and ^alet us go everyone to his own country;
^bFor her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.

10 The Lord has ^arevealed our righteousness.
Come and let us ^bdeclare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

11 ^aMake¹ the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
^bThe Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
^cFor His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is ^dthe vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.

12 ^aSet up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

13 ^aO you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your covetousness.

14 ^aThe Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, ^bas with locusts,
And they shall lift ^cup a shout against you.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Make bright—literally, "pure." Polish and sharpen.

gather—literally, "fill"; that is, gather in full number, so that none be wanting. So, "gave in full tale" (I Samuel 18:27). GESENIUS, not so well, translates, "Fill with your bodies the shields" (compare Song of Solomon 4:4). He means to tell the Babylonians, Make what preparations you will, all will be in vain (compare Jeremiah 46:3-6).

kings of . . . Medes—He names the Medes rather than the Persians, because Darius, or Cyaxares, was above Cyrus in power and the greatness of his kingdom.

temple— (Jeremiah 50:28).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 51:11:**

Isaiah 13:17
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