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Jeremiah 51:12 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 51 · verse 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.Jeremiah 51:12 · King James Version
Jeremiah 51:12 in context
10The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
11Make 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.
12Set 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.
13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
14The 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- standardnêça flagH5251 →
- watchmenshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- ambushesʼârabto lurkH693 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- preparekûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- devisedzâmamto plan, usually in a bad senseH2161 →
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The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-58