Jeremiah 51:24 meaning and explanation

Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:24, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah in a long oracle against Babylon, the empire that destroyed Jerusalem and its temple in 586 BC. The phrase "before your very eyes" is addressed to the exiles and to Zion personified: the judgment on Babylon will be public, not hidden, so God's people will see it.

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