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Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a> Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai, A destroying wind. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am going to stir up The spirit of a destroyer against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a> Thus says the LORD: &#8220Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Thus says Yahweh: “Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am going to stir up and put into action [a fury] against Babylon And against the [rebellious] people of Leb-kamai (Chaldea) A destroying wind and hostile spirit; <a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> This is what the LORD says: I am about to rouse the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and against the population of Leb-qamai. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This is what the LORD says: I am about to stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the population of Leb-qamai. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I, the LORD, am sending a wind to destroy the people of Babylonia and Babylon, its capital. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This is what the LORD says: I will stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the people who live in Leb Kamai. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD says, "I am bringing a destructive wind against Babylonia and its people. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a> This is what the LORD says: "Look, I'm going to stir up a destroying wind against Babylon and the inhabitants of Leb-kamai. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> This is what the LORD says: ?Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer. <a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD says, "I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Thus says the LORD: "Look, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise against me, a destroying wind; <a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, "" And the inhabitants of Leb, My withstanders, "" A destroying wind, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb -- My withstanders, A destroying wind, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thus said Jehovah: Behold me raising up against Babel and against those dwelling in the heart of those rising up, a destroying spirit.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up their heart against me. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a> Thus says the LORD: See! I rouse against Babylon, and the inhabitants of Chaldea, a destroyer wind. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Thus says the LORD: I am going to stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> THUS says the LORD, the God of hosts: Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against its inhabitants a man of cruel heart and like a destroying wind; <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Thus says LORD JEHOVAH God of Hosts: “Behold, I stir up against Babel and against its inhabitants a hard heart and The Destroyer Spirit<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, And against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=15814" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">The Judgment on Babylon</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">“Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: mê·‘îr (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">I will stir up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">and against</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">of Leb-kamai</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qā·māy (Verb) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·aḥ (N-cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">the spirit</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: maš·ḥîṯ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">of a destroyer.</a> 2I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-22</a> This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ... <a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Revelation 18:1-24</a> After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. / And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” ... <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-15</a> “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ... <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">Jeremiah 50:1-46</a> This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans: / “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’ / For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.” ... <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-18</a> Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ... <a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-23</a> you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. / It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. ... <a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6-20</a> Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ / Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey. / Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers. ... <a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a> Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Isaiah 21:1-10</a> This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror. / A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.” / Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see. ... <a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Daniel 5:1-31</a> Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. / Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. / Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. ... <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a> The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. <a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Isaiah 48:14</a> Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans. <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12-14</a> But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. / I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. / For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’” <a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1-3</a> After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! / For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” / And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.” <a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a> This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Thus said the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the middle of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;I will<a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9,14-16,21</a> For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain… <a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm">Isaiah 13:3-5</a> I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness… <a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Amos 3:6</a> Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?midst [heb] heart <a href="/jeremiah/50-24.htm">Jeremiah 50:24,29,33</a> I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD… <a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm">Zechariah 2:8</a> For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.<a href="/acts/9-4.htm">Acts 9:4</a> And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?a destroying wind<a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Jeremiah 4:11,12</a> At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, … <a href="/jeremiah/49-36.htm">Jeremiah 49:36</a> And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.<a href="/2_kings/19-7.htm">2 Kings 19:7</a> Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Arouse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Chaldaea</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Chalde'a</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm">Destroyer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-4.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-22.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-35.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-31.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-32.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/psalms/139-21.htm">Withstanders</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Arouse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Chaldaea</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Chalde'a</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">Destroyer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-46.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-12.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-62.htm">Withstanders</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 51</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel</a> 59. <a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, </a> 64. <a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/51.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/51.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>This is what the LORD says: This phrase introduces a divine pronouncement, emphasizing the authority and certainty of the message. It is a common prophetic formula used throughout the Old Testament to signify that the following words are not of human origin but are directly from God. This underscores the importance and reliability of the prophecy.Behold, I will stir up against Babylon: Babylon was a dominant empire known for its wealth, power, and idolatry. Historically, it was the nation that conquered Judah and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC. The prophecy indicates God's direct intervention in the affairs of nations, specifically targeting Babylon for its role in oppressing His people. This stirring up suggests a divine orchestration of events leading to Babylon's downfall, which historically occurred when the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC.and against the people of Leb-kamai: "Leb-kamai" is a cryptogram for "Chaldea," using a form of Hebrew code known as Atbash, where letters are substituted for others. The Chaldeans were a Semitic people who became the ruling class in Babylon. This cryptic reference may have been used to protect the message or to emphasize the hidden nature of God's plans. The Chaldeans were known for their astrology and wisdom, yet they were powerless against God's judgment.the spirit of a destroyer: The "spirit of a destroyer" refers to the divine empowerment of forces that would bring about Babylon's destruction. This can be seen as a reference to the Medo-Persian Empire, which God used as an instrument of His judgment. Theologically, it highlights God's sovereignty over nations and His ability to raise up and bring down empires according to His purposes. This also foreshadows the ultimate judgment against all worldly powers opposed to God, as seen in the eschatological themes of Revelation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The sovereign God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Jeremiah, declaring His judgment and plans. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, tasked with delivering God's messages, often concerning judgment and restoration. 3. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> A powerful empire known for its conquest of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem, symbolizing pride and opposition to God. 4. <a href="/topical/l/leb-kamai.htm">Leb-kamai</a> A cryptic name for the Chaldeans or Babylonians, using a form of Hebrew atbash cipher, which involves substituting letters to conceal the identity. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_destroyer.htm">The Destroyer</a> A force or entity stirred by God to bring about the downfall of Babylon, representing divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God is in control of all nations and empires, using them to fulfill His purposes. This should encourage believers to trust in God's ultimate plan, even when worldly powers seem overwhelming. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Divine Judgment</a> Just as Babylon faced judgment for its pride and idolatry, all nations and individuals are accountable to God. This serves as a reminder to live righteously and humbly before Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy.htm">The Role of Prophecy</a> Prophecies like those in Jeremiah serve to warn and prepare God's people. They remind us of the importance of heeding God's word and being vigilant in our spiritual walk. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a> God's declarations through prophets like Jeremiah demonstrate the power and authority of His word. Believers are called to study and apply Scripture, recognizing its relevance and truth. <a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a> While judgment is a theme in Jeremiah, there is also hope for restoration. Believers can find comfort in God's promises of redemption and renewal through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51</a> <a href="/q/what_is_loss_in_philippians_3_8.htm">What does 'God of Recompense' mean?</a> <a href="/q/does_babylon's_reuse_contradict_prophecy.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 states no stone from Babylon will ever be used again, yet evidence suggests later civilizations reused its materials--does this contradict the prophecy?</a> <a href="/q/does_zech._1_14-15_align_with_other_biblical_judgments.htm">How does the promised divine judgment in Zechariah 1:14-15 align with or contradict other biblical accounts of God's dealings with foreign nations?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_coniah's_fate_change.htm">How do skeptics reconcile Jeremiah 22:24-27's prophecy against Coniah with his later release and royal favor in Babylon (2 Kings 25:27-30)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>LI.(1) I will raise up . . . a destroying wind.--Literally, the wind of a destroyer. In <a href="/haggai/1-14.htm" title="And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,">Haggai 1:14</a>; <a href="/ezra/1-1.htm" title="Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,">Ezra 1:1</a>; <a href="/ezra/1-5.htm" title="Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.">Ezra 1:5</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm" title="And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, to this day.">1Chronicles 5:26</a> the phrase is used for "stirring up the spirit" of a man, and that may be its meaning here. The context, however, suggests, in the "fanners" of the next verse, the literal meaning of "wind," and it is quite possible that the phrase may have been used by Jeremiah in this sense, and afterwards acquired a figurative meaning. It does not appear in any earlier book of the Old Testament.Against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me.--Literally, in the heart of my adversaries. In the judgment of most commentators the Hebrew words Leb-kamai, which answer to the last ten words of the English, furnish another example of the Atbash or cypher-writing of which we have seen an instance in the Sheshach of <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm" title="And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.">Jeremiah 25:26</a>. Interpreted by that cypher Leb-kamai becomes Chasdim or Chaldaeans. Obviously the significance of the cypher-words gives force to its employment here, and presents a parallel to the use of the names Merathaim and Pekod in <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm" title="Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, said the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded you.">Jeremiah 50:21</a>. Some commentators, indeed, rest in that significance without recognising the hidden meaning of the Atbash. The LXX. and Syriac versions translate "against the Chaldaeans," as recognising the use of the cypher. Both this and Sheshach had probably become familiar in the correspondence between the exiles and those of their countrymen who remained in Judaea, and so both would understand them when used by Jeremiah. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me. The Hebrew has leb-kamai, which is Kasdim, or Chaldea, written in the cypher called Athbash (see on Jeremiah 25:26); just as Sheshach in ver. 41 is equivalent to Babel. The question arises whether the prophet himself is responsible for this covert way of writing, or a scribe in later times (so Ewald). In favour of the former view it may be urged that Babylon and Chaldea receive symbolic names (though not in Athbash) in the connected chapter (<a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Jeremiah 50:21, 31, 32</a>); in favour of the latter, that the Septuagint has Ξαλδαίους in ver. 1, and does not express Sheshach in ver. 41, also that the clause to which Sheshach belongs in <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Jeremiah 25:26</a> is of very dubious genuineness. A destroying wind; rather, the spirit (ruakh) of a destroyer (or perhaps, of destruction). The verb rendered in this verse "raise up," when used in connection with ruakh, always means "to excite the spirit of any one" (ver. 11; <a href="/haggai/1-14.htm">Haggai 1:14</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">1 Chronicles 5:26</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>This is what כֹּ֚ה (kōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Behold, הִנְנִי֙ (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! I will stir up מֵעִ֣יר (mê·‘îr) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> To rouse oneself, awake against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Babylon בָּבֶ֔ל (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city and against וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the people יֹשְׁבֵ֖י (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of Leb-kamai לֵ֣ב (lêḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre the spirit ר֖וּחַ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of a destroyer. מַשְׁחִֽית׃ (maš·ḥîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> Perhaps to go to ruin <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:1 Thus says Yahweh: Behold I will raise (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:46"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:46" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>