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Text -- Jeremiah 51:1-12 (NET)
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51:1 The Lord says , “I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia.
51:2 I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff . They will winnow her and strip her land bare . This will happen when they come against her from every direction , when it is time to destroy her.
51:3 Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor . Do not spare any of her young men . Completely destroy her whole army .
51:4 Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia , mortally wounded in the streets of her cities.
51:5 “For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God , the Lord who rules over all . For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel .
51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people . Flee to save your lives . Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins . For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge . He will pay Babylonia back for what she has done .
51:7 Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord’s hand . She had made the whole world drunk . The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad .
51:8 But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed . Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds ! Perhaps she can be healed !
51:9 Foreigners living there will say, ‘We tried to heal her, but she could not be healed . Let’s leave Babylonia and each go back to his own country . For judgment on her will be vast in its proportions. It will be like it is piled up to heaven , stacked up into the clouds .’
51:10 The exiles from Judah will say, ‘The Lord has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let’s go and proclaim in Zion what the Lord our God has done !’
51:11 “Sharpen your arrows ! Fill your quivers ! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media . For he intends to destroy Babylonia . For that is how the Lord will get his revenge – how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple .
51:12 Give the signal to attack Babylon’s wall ! Bring more guards ! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush ! For the Lord will do what he has planned . He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon .
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NET Notes -> Jer 51:1; Jer 51:1; Jer 51:1; Jer 51:2; Jer 51:2; Jer 51:2; Jer 51:2; Jer 51:2; Jer 51:3; Jer 51:3; Jer 51:4; Jer 51:4; Jer 51:4; Jer 51:5; Jer 51:5; Jer 51:5; Jer 51:5; Jer 51:5; Jer 51:6; Jer 51:6; Jer 51:6; Jer 51:7; Jer 51:7; Jer 51:7; Jer 51:8; Jer 51:9; Jer 51:9; Jer 51:9; Jer 51:10; Jer 51:10; Jer 51:11; Jer 51:11; Jer 51:11; Jer 51:11; Jer 51:11; Jer 51:11; Jer 51:12; Jer 51:12; Jer 51:12; Jer 51:12; Jer 51:12; Jer 51:12
NET Notes: Jer 51:1 Heb “the people who live in Leb-qamai.” “Leb-qamai” is a code name for “Chaldeans” formed on the principle of subs...
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NET Notes: Jer 51:3 For the concept underlying this word see the study note on “utterly destroy” in Jer 25:9 and compare the usage in 50:21, 26.
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NET Notes: Jer 51:4 The words “cities” is not in the text. The text merely says “in her streets” but the antecedent is “land” and must...
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NET Notes: Jer 51:8 The verbs in this verse and the following are all in the Hebrew perfect tense, a tense that often refers to a past action or a past action with presen...
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NET Notes: Jer 51:9 This is an admittedly very paraphrastic translation that tries to make the figurative nuance of the Hebrew original understandable for the average rea...
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NET Notes: Jer 51:10 There is some difference of opinion as to the best way to render the Hebrew expression here. Literally it means “brought forth our righteousness...
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NET Notes: Jer 51:11 Verse 11c-f appears to be a parenthetical or editorial comment by Jeremiah to give some background for the attack which is summoned in vv. 11-12.
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