Jeremiah 51:35 meaning and explanation
May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 51:35, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 51:35 is spoken by personified Zion or Jerusalem, the city and its people, in the middle of a long oracle against Babylon. The verse follows the image of Nebuchadnezzar devouring and crushing her, and it is a plea for God to hold Babylon accountable for the violence done to her.
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