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Jeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD declares through Jeremiah that He will personally repay Babylon and all Chaldea’s inhabitants for their evil against Zion. This announcement follows immediate pronouncements of shattering Babylon’s military, agricultural, and administrative forces.
The words — The verb שִׁלַּמְתִּי (shi.lam.Ti) carries the literal sense "I will repay" and denotes measured retribution. It directly targets the collective evil (רָעָתָם, ra.'a.Ta/m) that Babylon inflicted upon Jerusalem.
The thread — The pattern of divine repayment for violence against God’s people appears in Revelation 18:24, which records the blood of prophets and saints found in Babylon. Jeremiah 50:15 commands vengeance against Babylon for her deeds but does not mention the blood of the righteous, a detail isolated to Revelation 18:24.
Why it lands — The text states God’s direct intervention against oppressors before any inference about moral order. It requires the reader to acknowledge that historical judgment executes retribution for Zion’s suffering without human mediation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 50:15 Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
- Isaiah 63:1 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Revelation 18:24 And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
- Psalms 137:8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Isaiah 51:22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
- Isaiah 61:2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
- Isaiah 66:6 Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
- Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 50:28 Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.