Jeremiah 51:25 meaning and explanation

“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.

Jeremiah 51:25, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah against Babylon, here called a destroying mountain that devastates the whole earth. Babylon sits on a plain, so the image is figurative: an empire towering over the nations like a mountain, crushing them.

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