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Jeremiah 51:34

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 51:34

Verse 34 of 64

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Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Jeremiah 51:34 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 51:34

Theological / Devotional

Dragon. Heb. tannin. There may be an allusion here to the Babylonian sirrush, an imaginary, composite dragonlike creature sacred to the god Marduk. Hundreds of reliefs of this animal in glazed bricks adorned the great Ishtar Gate at Babylon (see on v. 58).

Cast me out. Either from the Heb. nadach, “to thrust away,” or from the Heb. duach, “to rinse.” Either definition makes good sense.

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