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Jeremiah 51

Jeremiah expands Babylon’s doom: a destroying wind, Medo-Persian attackers, repayment for violence against Zion, the impotence of idols, and the LORD’s sovereign vengeance; Seraiah is told to read the scroll in Babylon and sink it in the Euphrates as a sign of permanent downfall.

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Jeremiah expands Babylon’s doom: a destroying wind, Medo-Persian attackers, repayment for violence against Zion, the impotence of idols, and the LORD’s sovereign vengeance; Seraiah is told to read the scroll in Babylon and sink it in the Euphrates as a sign of permanent downfall.

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Verses 1–58The LORD announces Babylon’s complete destruction and calls his people to flee from herVerses 59–64Jeremiah sends the prophecy with Seraiah, who sinks the scroll in the Euphrates as a sign of Babylon’s fall
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1Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against…2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her,…3Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow,…4Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the…5For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his…6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every…7Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand,…8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take…9We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed:…10The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let…11Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath…12Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make…13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures,…14The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely…15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath…16When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of…17Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is…18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time…19The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he…20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for…21And with thee will I break in pieces the horse…22With thee also will I break in pieces man and…23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd…24And I will render unto Babylon and to all the…25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the…26And they shall not take of thee a stone for…27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the…28Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the…29And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose…30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they…31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger…32And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they…33For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of…34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath…35The violence done to me and to my flesh be…36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy…37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an…38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as…39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I…40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,…41How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of…42The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered…43Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a…44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will…45My people, go ye out of the midst of her,…46And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the…47Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment…48Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is…49As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall,…50Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not…51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath…52Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I…53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she…54A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great…55Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of…56Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon,…57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise…58Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of…59The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son…60So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that…61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon,…62Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against…63And it shall be, when thou hast made an end…64And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall…