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Jeremiah 51:25 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 51 · verse 25
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.Jeremiah 51:25 · King James Version
Jeremiah 51:25 in context
23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- destroyingmashchîythdestructiveH4889 →
- destroyestshâchathto decayH7843 →
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- rocksçelaʻa craggy rock, literally or figurativelyH5553 →
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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