Jeremiah 51:13

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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.”

15 ^aHe has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And ^bstretched out the heaven by His understanding.

16 When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
^a“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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O thou that dwellest upon many waters - Thou who hast an abundant supply of waters. It was built on the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates; the latter running through the city. But the many waters may mean the many nations which belonged to the Babylonish empire; nations and people are frequently so called in Scripture.

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