Bible Strands
Jeremiah 51:64
Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah concludes his prophetic scroll at the Euphrates, instructing the listener to declare Babylon’s permanent collapse following the symbolic act of casting the weighted scroll into the river.
The words — The Hebrew phrase תִשְׁקַע בָּבֶל וְלֹא תָקוּם (tish.Ka' ba.Vel ve./lo'- ta.Kum) literally means “Babylon will sink and not rise.”
The thread — This structural closure mirrors the concluding formulas of Job 31:40 and Psalms 72:20, while the theme of irreversible destruction parallels the imagery in Jeremiah 51:58.
Why it lands — The text demands acceptance of a stated, unrepeatable divine judgment, requiring the reader to acknowledge the finality of the proclaimed calamity without modification.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
- Job 31:40 then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
- Psalms 72:20 Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
- Nahum 1:8 But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
- Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
- Psalms 76:12 He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
- Jeremiah 25:27 “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 51:42 The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
- Habakkuk 2:13 Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
- Revelation 14:8 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.”