Jeremiah 51:25

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
destroying	הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ ha.mash.Chit	H4889	destructive · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
mountain	הַ֤ר har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine singular construct
saith	נְאֻם ne.'um-	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
destroyest	הַמַּשְׁחִ֖ית ha.mash.Chit	H7843	to decay · definite article + verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
earth	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
out	וְנָטִ֨יתִי ve.na.Ti.ti	H5186	to stretch or spread out · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
hand	יָדִ֜י ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
down	וְגִלְגַּלְתִּ֙יךָ֙ ve.gil.gal.Ti.kha	H1556	to roll (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
rocks	הַסְּלָעִ֔ים ha.se.la.'Im	H5553	a craggy rock · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
make	וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ u.ne.ta.Ti.kha	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
burnt	שְׂרֵפָֽה se.re.Fah	H8316	cremation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
mountain	לְהַ֥ר le.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct

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Cross-references

Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became…
Zechariah 4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,…
Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
Isaiah 13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
Jeremiah 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her…
Jeremiah 51:58 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 peop…
Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered a…
Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bri…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

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. An acknowledgment of the great pomp and power that Babylon had been in and the use that God in his providence had made of it (Jer 51:7): Babylon hath been a golden cup, a rich and glorious empire, a golden city (Isa 14:4), a head of gold (Dan 2:38), filled with all good things, as a cup with wine. Nay, she had been a golden cup in the Lord's hand; he had in a particular manner filled and favoured her with blessings; he had made the earth…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:25

destroying mountain--called so, not from its position, for it lay low (Jer 51:13; Gen 11:2, Gen 11:9), but from its eminence above other nations, many of which it had "destroyed"; also, because of its lofty palaces, towers, hanging gardens resting on arches, and walls, fifty royal cubits broad and two hundred high. roll thee down from the rocks--that is, from thy rock-like fortifications and walls. burnt mountain-- (Rev 8:8). A volcano, which, after having spent itself in pouring its "destroying" lava on all the country around, falls into the vacuum and becomes extinct, the surrounding "rocks" alone marking where the crater had been. Such was the appearance of Babylon after its destructi…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 51:25

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth,.... Babylon is called a mountain, though situated in a plain, because of its high walls, lofty towers, and hanging gardens, which made it look at a distance like a high mountain, as Lebanon, and others: or because it was a strong fortified city; so the Targum renders it, O destroying city: or because of its power and grandeur as a monarchy, it being usual to compare monarchies to mountains; see Isaiah 2:2; here called a "destroying" one for a reason given, because it destroyed all the earth, all the nations and kingdoms of it: the same character is given of mystical Babylon and its inhabitants,…

The Church Fathers

He calls Babylon a mountain because of the preeminence of its power. He calls it corrupt because of its ungodliness and wickedness.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 10:51

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Dictionary and topics

Governor — (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of…
Babylon · As a power was: Cruel and destructive — As a power was: Cruel and destructive
Mountains · Volcanic fires of, alluded to — Volcanic fires of, alluded to
Persia · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Volcanoes · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 51:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:25

John Gill on Jeremiah 51:25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 51:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:25

John Gill on Jeremiah 51:25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 51:25

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 51:15-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 51:20

Rashi on Jeremiah 51:24