1-58 The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel 59-64 Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon

I will Jer 50:9,14-16,21 Isa 13:3-5 Am 3:6

midst [heb] heart
rise Jer 50:24,29,33 Zec 2:8 Ac 9:4

a destroying wind Jer 4:11,12 49:36 2Ki 19:7 Eze 19:12 Ho 13:15

2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

fanners Jer 15:7 Isa 41:16 Eze 5:12 Mt 3:12

in the day Jer 51:27,28 50:14,15,29,32

3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

let the Jer 50:14,41,42

brigandine Jer 46:4

spare Jer 9:21 50:27,30 De 32:25 Ps 137:9 Isa 13:10-18 Jas 2:13

destroy Jer 50:21

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

thrust Jer 49:26 50:30,37 Isa 13:15 14:19

5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

Israel Jer 33:24-26 46:28 50:4,5,20 1Sa 12:22 1Ki 6:13 Ezr 9:9 Ps 94:14 Isa 44:21 49:14,15 54:3-11 62:12 Ho 1:10 Am 9:8,9 Ro 11:1,2

nor Zec 2:12 12:6,8

though Jer 16:18 19:4 23:15 31:37 2Ki 21:16 Eze 8:17 9:9 22:24-31 Ho 4:1 Mic 7:18,20 Zep 3:1-4

6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

Flee Jer 51:9,45,50 50:8,28 Isa 48:20 Zec 2:6,7 Re 18:4

be not Ge 19:15-17 Nu 16:26 Pr 13:20 1Ti 5:22

for this Jer 51:11 27:7 46:10 50:8,15,28,31 De 32:25,41,43 Re 16:19 18:5,6

he will render Jer 25:14,16

7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

a golden Isa 14:4 Da 2:32,38 Re 17:4

the nations Jer 25:9,14-27 Da 3:1-7 Hab 2:15,16 Re 14:8 17:2 18:3,23 19:2

are mad Jer 25:16 50:38

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

suddenly Jer 51:41 50:2 Isa 21:9 47:9 Re 14:8 18:2,8

howl Jer 48:20,31 Isa 13:6,7 Eze 27:30-32 30:2 Da 5:24,31 Re 18:9-11 18:17-19

take balm Jer 8:22 30:12-15 46:11 Na 3:19

9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

forsake Jer 8:20 46:16,21 50:16 Isa 13:14 47:15 Mt 25:10-13

her judgment 2Ch 28:9 Ezr 9:6 Da 4:20-22 Re 18:5

10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

brought Ps 37:6 Mic 7:9,10

let us Jer 31:6-9 50:28 Ps 9:14 102:19-21 116:18,19 126:1-3 Isa 40:2 51:11 52:9,10 Re 14:1-3 19:1-6

11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

Make Jer 46:4,9 50:9,14,25,28,29 Isa 21:5

bright [heb] pure
the Lord hath Jer 51:27,28 1Ki 11:14,23 1Ch 5:26 2Ch 36:22 Ezr 1:1 Isa 10:26 13:17 13:18 21:2 41:25 45:1,5 46:11 Re 17:16,17

the spirit Of Cyaxares king of Media, called `Darius the Mede' in scripture; and Cyrus his nephew, king of persia, presumptive heir of the throne of his uncle.

his device Jer 51:12,29 50:45

the vengeance Jer 51:24,35 50:15,28 Ps 74:3-11 83:3-9 Hab 2:17-20 Zec 12:2,3 14:2,12

12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

the standard Jer 46:3-5 Pr 21:30 Isa 8:9,10 13:2 Joe 3:2,9-14 Na 2:1 3:14,15

ambushes [heb] liers in wait Jos 8:14

the Lord hath both Jer 51:11,29 La 2:17

13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

dwellest Jer 51:36 Re 17:1,15

abundant Jer 50:37 Isa 45:3 Hab 2:5-10 Re 18:11-17

thine Jer 17:11 50:27,31 Ge 6:18 La 4:18 Eze 7:2-12 Da 5:26 Am 8:2 1Pe 4:7

and the Hab 2:9-11 Lu 12:19-21 2Pe 2:3,14,15 Jude 1:11-13 Re 18:19

14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

sworn Jer 49:13 Am 6:8 Heb 6:13

himself [heb] his soul
as with Jer 46:23 Jud 6:5 Joe 1:4-7 2:3,4 Na 3:15-17

lift up [heb] utter Jer 50:15

15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

hath made Jer 10:12-16 32:17 Ge 1:1-6 Ps 107:25 146:5,6 148:1-5 Isa 40:26 Ac 14:15 17:24 Ro 1:20 Col 1:16,17 Heb 1:2,3 Re 4:11

by his wisdom Ps 104:24 136:5 Pr 3:19 Ro 11:33

and hath Job 9:8 Ps 104:2 Isa 40:22 42:5 44:24 45:12 48:13 51:13

16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

he uttereth Jer 10:2,13 Job 37:2-11 40:9 Ps 18:13 29:3-10 46:6 68:33 104:7 Eze 10:5

there is Job 36:26-33 37:13 38:34-38 Ps 135:7 Am 9:7

multitude. or, noise
and he causeth Ps 135:7

bringeth Ge 8:1 Ex 10:13,19 14:21 Job 38:22 Ps 78:26 135:7 147:18 Jon 1:4 Mt 8:26,27

17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Every Jer 10:14 Ps 14:2 53:1,2 02:5,6 115:5,8 135:18 Isa 44:18-20 Ro 1:20-23 1Co 1:19-21

brutish by his knowledge. or, more brutish than to know
for his Jer 10:14 50:2 Ps 135:17 Hab 2:18,19

18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

vanity Jer 10:8,15 Jon 2:8 Ac 14:15

in the Jer 43:12,13 46:25 48:7 50:2 Ex 12:12 Isa 19:1 46:1 Zep 2:11

19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

portion Jer 10:16 Ps 16:5 73:26 115:3 La 3:24

the former Jer 51:15

the rod Jer 12:7-10 50:11 Ex 19:5,6 De 32:9 Ps 33:12 74:2 135:4 1Pe 2:9

the Lord Jer 10:16 Isa 47:4

20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

art Jer 50:23 Isa 10:5,15 13:5 14:5,6 37:26 41:15,16 Mic 4:13 Zec 9:13,14 Mt 22:7

with thee. or, in thee, or, by thee
break Jer 25:9,11 27:5-7

21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

Jer 50:37 Ex 15:1,21 Ps 46:9 76:6 Eze 39:20 Mic 5:10 Na 2:13 Hag 2:22 Zec 10:5 12:4 Re 19:18

22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

Jer 6:11 De 32:25 1Sa 15:3 2Ch 36:17 Isa 20:4 La 2:11 Eze 9:6

23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

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24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

Jer 51:11,35,49 50:15,17,18,28,29,33,34 Ps 137:8,9 Isa 47:6-9 Isa 51:22,23 61:2 63:1-4 66:6 1Th 2:15,16 Re 6:10 18:20,24 19:2-4

25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

I am Jer 50:31

O destroying Jer 51:53,58 Ge 11:4 Isa 13:2 Da 4:30 Zec 4:7

which destroyest Jer 51:7,20-23 25:9,18-27 Re 8:8 17:1-6

and will 2Pe 3:10 Re 8:8 18:9,10

26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

shall not Jer 51:37,43 50:12,13 Isa 13:19-22 14:23

desolate for ever [heb] everlasting desolations Jer 50:40,41 Isa 34:8-17 Re 18:20-24

27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

ye up Jer 51:12 6:1 50:2,41 Isa 13:2-5 18:3 Am 3:6 Zec 14:2

prepare Jer 25:14

Ararat Bochart reasonably concludes Ararat and Minni to be the greater and lesser Armenia; and Ashchenaz he thinks formed part of Phrygia near the Hellespout, part of the country being called Ascania by Homer, Cyrus had conquered Armenia, defeated Croesus, king of lydia, (B.C. 548) and subdued several nations from the Aegean seas to the Euphrates, before he marched against Babylon; and Xenophon also informs us that there were not only Armenians, but both Phrygians and Cappadocians in the army of Cyrus Ge 8:4

Ashchenaz Ge 10:3

Ashkenaz 1Ch 1:6

cause Jer 51:14 46:23 50:41,42 Jud 6:5 Joe 2:2,3 Na 3:15-17 Re 9:7-11

After Cyrus had been the instrument in the hands of God of taking Babylon, he marched against Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae, a Scythian nation, and totally defeated. (B.C. 530) The victorious queen, who had lost her son in a previous battle, was so incensed against Cyrus, that she cut off his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with human blood, exclaiming, `Sattia te sanguine, quem sitisti.'

28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

the kings Jer 51:11 25:25 Ge 10:2 1Ch 1:5

Madai Es 1:3 10:2 Isa 13:17 21:2 Da 5:28-30 6:8 8:3,4,20 9:1

29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

the land Jer 8:16 10:10 50:36,43 Isa 13:13,14 14:16 Joe 2:10 Am 8:8

every Jer 51:11,12,43,62-64 50:13,39,40,45 Isa 13:19,20 14:23,24 46:10,11 47:1-15 Re 18:2,21-24

30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

The mighty Accordingly, the Babylonians, after the loss of a battle or two, never recovered their courage to the face the enemy in the field, they retired within their walls; and the first time Cyrus came with his army before the place he could not provoke them to venture forth, though he challenged the king to fight a duel with him; and the last time he came he consulted with his officers respecting the best mode of carrying on the siege `since,' said he, `they do not come out to fight.' Jer 51:32,57 48:41 50:36,37 Ps 76:5 Isa 13:7,8 19:16 Na 3:13 Re 18:10

her bars Jer 50:36 Ps 107:16 147:13 Isa 45:1,2 La 2:9 Am 1:5 Na 3:13

31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

post Jer 4:20 50:24 1Sa 4:12-18 2Sa 18:19-31 2Ch 30:6 Es 3:13-15 8:10,14 Job 9:25

to shew Jer 50:43 Isa 21:3-9 47:11-13 Da 5:2-5,30

32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

the passages Jer 50:38 Isa 44:27

the near Jer 51:30 50:37

33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

is like Isa 21:10 41:15,16 Am 1:3 Mic 4:13 Hab 3:12

it is time to thresh her. or, in the time that he thresheth her
the time Isa 17:5 18:5 Ho 6:11 Joe 3:13 Mt 13:30,39 Re 14:15-20

34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

the king Jer 51:49 39:1-8 50:7,17 La 1:1,14,15

he hath made Jer 48:11,12 Isa 24:1-3 34:11 Na 2:2,9,10

swallowed Jer 51:44 Job 20:15 Pr 1:12 La 2:16 Eze 36:3 Am 8:4 Mt 23:14

35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

The violence [heb] My violence Jer 50:29 Jud 9:20,24,56,57 Ps 9:12 12:5 137:8,9 Isa 26:20,21 Zec 1:15 Mt 7:2 Jas 2:13 Re 6:10 16:6 18:6,20

flesh. or, remainder,
inhabitant. [heb] inhabitress

36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

become Jer 51:25,26,29 25:9,12,18 50:12,13,23-26,38-40 Isa 13:19-22 14:23 34:8-17 Re 18:2,21-23

an hissing Jer 18:16 19:8 29:18 2Ch 29:8 La 2:15,16 Mic 6:16 Zep 2:15

38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.

roar Jer 2:15 Job 4:10,11 Ps 34:10 58:6 Isa 35:9 Na 2:11-13 Zec 11:3

yell. or, shake themselves Jud 16:20

39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

their heat Jer 25:27 Isa 21:4,5 22:12-14 Da 5:1-4,30 3:11

and sleep Jer 51:57 Ps 13:3 76:5,6

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.

Jer 50:27 Ps 37:20 44:22 Isa 34:6 Eze 39:18

41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Sheshach Sheshach was probably an idol worshipped at babylon, from which the city derived this name; and the festival which was held when the city was taken, when they were heated with wine, was perhaps observed in honour of it. Jer 25:26 Da 5:1-3

the praise Jer 49:25 50:23 Isa 13:19 14:4 Da 2:38 4:22,30 5:4,5 Re 18:10-19

an astonishment Jer 51:37 50:46 De 28:37 2Ch 7:21 Eze 27:35

42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

Ps 18:4,16 42:7 65:7 93:3 Isa 8:7,8 Eze 27:26-34 Da 9:26 Lu 21:25 Re 17:15,16

43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

cities Jer 51:29,37 50:39,40

a land Jer 2:6 Isa 13:20 Eze 29:10,11

44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

I will punish Jer 51:18,47 50:2 Isa 46:1,2

I will bring Jer 51:32 2Ch 36:7 Ezr 1:7 Da 1:2 5:2-4,26

the nations Isa 2:2 60:5 Da 3:2,3,29 4:1,22 5:19,31 Re 18:9-19

the wall Jer 51:53,58

45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

go Jer 51:6,9,50 50:8 Isa 48:20 Zec 2:7 Re 14:8-11 18:4

deliver Ge 19:12-16 Nu 16:26 Ac 2:40 2Co 6:17

46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

lest. or, let not 2Ki 19:7 Mt 24:6-8 Mr 13:7,8 Lu 21:9-19,28

a rumour shall Isa 13:3-5 21:2,3

ruler against Jud 7:22 1Sa 14:16-20 2Ch 20:23 Isa 19:2

47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

I will Jer 51:52 50:2 Isa 21:9 46:1,2

do judgment upon [heb] visit upon Jer 51:18 11:22 13:21 23:34 25:12

her whole Jer 51:24,43 50:12-16,35-40

48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

the heaven Jer 51:10 Ps 58:10,11 Pr 11:10 Isa 44:23 48:20 49:13 Re 15:1-4 16:4-7 18:20 19:1-7

the spoilers Jer 51:11 50:3,9,41

49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

As Babylon, etc. or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel and with Babylon shall fall the slain of all the country

hath Jer 51:10,11,24,35 50:11,17,18,29,33,34 Jud 1:7 Ps 137:8,9 Mt 7:2 Jas 2:13 Re 18:5,6

50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

escaped Jer 51:6,45 31:21 44:28 50:8 Isa 48:20 51:11 52:2,11,12 Zec 2:7-9 Re 18:4

remember Jer 29:12-14 De 4:29-31 30:1-4 Ezr 1:3-5 Ne 1:2-4 2:3-5 Ps 102:13,14 137:5,6 Da 9:2,3,16-19

Jerusalem Ps 122:6

51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.

are confounded Jer 3:22-25 31:19 Ps 74:18-21 79:4,12 123:3,4 137:1-3 La 2:15-17 5:1 Eze 36:30

shame Jer 3:25 14:3 Ps 44:13-16 69:7-13 71:13 109:29 Eze 7:18 Mic 7:10

for strangers Jer 52:13 Ps 74:3-7 79:1 La 1:10 2:20 Eze 7:21,22 9:7 24:21 Da 8:11-14 9:26,27 11:31 Re 11:1,2

52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

that I Jer 51:47 50:38

her graven images This was verified when Xerxes destroyed all the temples of Babylon, B.C. 479

the wounded Isa 13:15,16 Eze 30:24 Da 5:30,31

53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

mount Jer 51:25,58 49:16 Ge 11:4 Ps 139:8-10 Isa 14:12-15 47:5,7 Eze 31:9-11 Da 4:30 Am 9:4 Ob 1:3,4

from Jer 51:1-4,11,48 50:9,10,21,25,31-34,45 Isa 10:6,7 13:2-5,17 41:25 45:1-5

54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Jer 48:3-5 50:22,27,43,46 Isa 13:6-9 15:5 Zep 1:10 Re 18:17-19

55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

destroyed Jer 51:38,39 25:10 50:10-15 Isa 15:1 24:8-11 47:5 Re 18:22,23

her waves Ps 65:7 93:3,4 Isa 17:13 Eze 26:3 Lu 21:25 Re 17:15

56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

the spoiler Jer 51:48 50:10 Isa 21:2 Hab 2:8 Re 17:16

her mighty Jer 51:30 50:36

every Ge 49:24 1Sa 2:4 Ps 37:15 46:9 76:3 Eze 39:3,9

the Lord Jer 51:6,24 50:28,29 De 32:35 Ps 94:1,2 137:8 Isa 34:8 35:4 59:18 2Th 1:6 Re 18:5,6,20 19:2

57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

I will Jer 51:39 25:27 Isa 21:4,5 Da 5:1-4,30,31 Na 1:10 Hab 2:15-17 Re 18:6,7,9

sleep a Ps 76:5,6 Isa 37:36

the king Jer 46:18 48:15 Mal 1:14

58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

The broad walls of babylon. or, the walls of broad Babylon According to the testimony of Herodotus, the circumference of the walls of Babylon was 480 stadia, or 60 miles, the breadth 50 cubits, and their height 200 cubits; but when Darius became master of the place B.C. 516, he took away all their 100 gates of brass, and beat down their walls to 50 cubits; and now not a vestige of these immense fortifications remains, to mark the site of this once mighty city. Jer 51:44 50:15

broken. or, made naked
high gates Jer 51:30 Isa 45:1,2

the people Jer 51:9,64 Ps 127:1 Isa 65:23 Hab 2:13

59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.

Neriah Jer 32:12 36:4 45:1

with. or, on the behalf of
quiet prince. or, prince of Menucha, of chief chamberlain

60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

Jer 30:2,3 36:2-4,32 Isa 8:1-4 30:8 Da 12:4 Hab 2:2,3 Re 1:11,19

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

to cut Jer 51:25,26,29,37 50:3,13,39,40 Isa 13:19-22 14:22,23 Re 18:20-23

desolation [heb] desolations Jer 25:9,12 Eze 35:9

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

thou shalt bind This was the emblem of its overthrow and irretrievable ruin; and the same emblem is employed in Re 18:21 to denote the utter ruin of mystical Babylon Jer 19:10,11 Re 18:21

64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Thus shall Jer 51:42 25:27 Na 1:8,9 Re 14:8 18:2,21

they shall Jer 51:58 Hab 2:13 Ps 76:12

Thus far Job 31:40 Ps 72:20