Jeremiah 51:41 meaning and explanation
How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Jeremiah 51:41, 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. "Sheshach" is a coded name for Babylon, likely formed by a cipher that swaps letters of the alphabet, so the verse laments the same city under a hidden name.
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