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And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Jeremiah 51:44 — KJV
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Jeremiah 51:44
King James Version (KJV)
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Jeremiah 51:44
Verse 44 of 64
Commentary
Commentary on Jeremiah 51:44
Theological / DevotionalBel. See on ch. 50:2.
That which he hath swallowed up. That is, the nations and spoils that had been gathered into Babylon. When the Persians took over the rule, they allowed the return of captive peoples and their idols. In the inscription just quoted (v. 42), Cyrus states: “(As to the region) from ... as far as Ashur and Susa, Agade, Eshnunna, the towns Zamban, Me-Tumu, Der as well as the region of the Gutians, I returned to (these) sacred cities on the other side of the Tigris, the sanctuaries of which have been ruins for a long time, the images which (used) to live therein and established for them permanent sanctuaries. I (also) gathered all their (former) inhabitants and returned (to them) their habitations. Furthermore I resettled upon the command of Marduk, the great lord, all the gods of Sumer and Akkad whom Nabonidus has brought into Babylon ... to the anger of the lord of the gods, unharmed in their (former) chapels, the places which make them happy” {Ancient Near Eastern Texts, J. B. Pritchard, ed., p. 316}.
Wall. See ch. 50:15.
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