Jeremiah 51:41
41 “See how Babylon ▼ has been captured!See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken!
See what an object of horror
Babylon has become among the nations! ▼ ▼
▼ This is part of a taunt song (see Isa 14:4) and assumes prophetically that the city has already been captured. The verbs in vv. 41–43a are all in the Hebrew tense that the prophets often use to look at the future as “a done deal” (the so-called prophetic perfect). In v. 44 which is still a part of this picture the verbs are in the future. The Hebrew tense has been retained here and in vv. 42–43 but it should be remembered that the standpoint is prophetic and future.
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