Jeremiah 51:32 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 51:32

30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
^aThey became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
^bThe bars of her gate are broken.

31 ^aOne runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;

32 ^aThe passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.

33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is ^alike a threshing floor
When ^bit is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
^cAnd the time of her harvest will come.”

34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
Has ^adevoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an ^bempty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.

35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.

36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^aI will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
^bI will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

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