Jeremiah 51:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

Wherefore, behold ... - because of these sighs of the Jews directed to God (Jeremiah 51:21).

I will do judgment upon her ... images. In Opposition to the Babylonian taunt, that Yahweh's religion was a thing of nought, since they had burned His temple (Jeremiah 51:51), I will show that, though I have thus visited the Jews' neglect of me, yet those gods of Babylon cannot save themselves, much less their votaries, who shall "through all her land." lie and "groan" with wounds.

Jeremiah 51:52

52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.