64And 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.
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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.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. …
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 59-64)We have been long attending the judgment of Babylon in this and the foregoing chapter; now here we have the conclusion of that whole matter. 1. A copy is taken of this prophecy, it should seem by Jeremiah himself, for Baruch his scribe is not mentioned here (Jer. 51:60): Jeremiah wrote in a book all these words that are here written against Babylon . He received this notice that he might give it t…
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