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The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Jeremiah 51:42 — KJV
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Jeremiah 51:42
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Jeremiah 51:42
Verse 42 of 64
Commentary
Commentary on Jeremiah 51:42
Theological / DevotionalThe sea. A strikingly similar statement is found in a cuneiform inscription on a clay barrel known as the Cyrus Cylinder (see Vol. Ill, illustration facing p. 64). This pro-Persian account of the conquest of Babylon depicts Cyrus’ army on its march to Babylon: “His widespread troops — their number, like that of the water of a river, could not be established — strolled along, their weapons packed away” {Ancient Near Eastern Texts, J. B. Pritchard, ed., p. 315}.
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