Jer 51:51 | KingComments | STEP | Babylon has subjugated many nations, but the LORD charges Babylon especially with what she has done to Israel. Because she caused Israel to fall and has slain many, therefore there will be slain in Babylon, in the whole world empire. This is an encouragement to Israel, to those who have not been killed by Nebuchadnezzar’s sword, to remember the LORD and Jerusalem wherever they are ( ). That is what their heart should be set on again. They may recall the former glory. So let them do so, but with due shame ( ). It is because of their own unfaithfulness that there are now aliens in the holy places of the house of the LORD. When that acknowledgment is there, they are in the right mindset to go back. The LORD Himself will clear the way for them by punishing Babylon and her idols ( ). The land of Babylon will be full of the groans of the mortally wounded. There is no escape for Babylon from the judgment of the destroyers the LORD sends upon her ( ). No matter how high she would climb and how high she would build their fortress, judgment will strike her.

‏ Jeremiah 51:51

Certainty of the Fall of Babylon

Babylon has subjugated many nations, but the LORD charges Babylon especially with what she has done to Israel. Because she caused Israel to fall and has slain many, therefore there will be slain in Babylon, in the whole world empire. This is an encouragement to Israel, to those who have not been killed by Nebuchadnezzar’s sword, to remember the LORD and Jerusalem wherever they are (Jer 51:50). That is what their heart should be set on again.

They may recall the former glory. So let them do so, but with due shame (Jer 51:51). It is because of their own unfaithfulness that there are now aliens in the holy places of the house of the LORD. When that acknowledgment is there, they are in the right mindset to go back.

The LORD Himself will clear the way for them by punishing Babylon and her idols (Jer 51:52). The land of Babylon will be full of the groans of the mortally wounded. There is no escape for Babylon from the judgment of the destroyers the LORD sends upon her (Jer 51:53). No matter how high she would climb and how high she would build their fortress, judgment will strike her.