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Jeremiah 51:47 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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. {do...: Heb. visit upon}”

Jeremiah 51:47

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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.

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}

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. {do...: Heb. visit upon}

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.

49

As Babylon {hath caused} the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. {As...: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etc} {the earth: or, the country}

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