The LORD's Judgment on Babylon

511 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst [1] of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;

Other Translations of Jeremiah 51:1

New International Version

The LORD's Judgment on Babylon

511 This is what the Lord says: "See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai."Leb Kamai" is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.

English Standard Version

The LORD's Judgment on Babylon

511 Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,A code name for Chaldea

The Message

The LORD's Judgment on Babylon

511 There's more. God says more: "Watch this: I'm whipping up A death-dealing hurricane against Babylon - 'Hurricane Persia' - against all who live in that perverse land.

New King James Version

The LORD's Judgment on Babylon

511 Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai, A destroying wind.

New Living Translation

The LORD's Judgment on Babylon

511 This is what the Lord says: "I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1

Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58

(Read Jeremiah 51:1-58)

The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we are, in the greatest depths, at the greatest distances, we are to remember the Lord our God; and in the times of the greatest fears and hopes, it is most needful to remember the Lord. The feeling excited by Babylon's fall is the same with the New Testament Babylon, Revelation 18:9,19. The ruin of all who support idolatry, infidelity, and superstition, is needful for the revival of true godliness; and the threatening prophecies of Scripture yield comfort in this view. The great seat of antichristian tyranny, idolatry, and superstition, the persecutor of true Christians, is as certainly doomed to destruction as ancient Babylon. Then will vast multitudes mourn for sin, and seek the Lord. Then will the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd, and stray no more. And the exact fulfilment of these ancient prophecies encourages us to faith in all the promises and prophecies of the sacred Scriptures.