Jeremiah:51

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* Verse 1-58 - The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven , and the same things left and returned to again . Babylon is abundant in treasures , yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her . Destruction comes when they did not think of it . Wherever we are , in the greatest depths , at the greatest distances , we are to remember the Lord our God ; and in the times of the greatest fears and hopes , it is most needful to remember the Lord . The feeling excited by Babylon 's fall is the same with the New Testament Babylon , Revelation strkjv @18:9 ,19 . The ruin of all who support idolatry , infidelity , and superstition , is needful for the revival of true godliness ; and the threatening prophecies of Scripture yield comfort in this view . The great seat of antichristian tyranny , idolatry , and superstition , the persecutor of true Christians , is as certainly doomed to destruction as ancient Babylon . Then will vast multitudes mourn for sin , and seek the Lord . Then will the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd , and stray no more . And the exact fulfilment of these ancient prophecies encourages us to faith in all the promises and prophecies of the sacred Scriptures . * Verse 59-64 - This prophecy is sent to Babylon , to the captives there , by Seraiah , who is to read it to his countrymen in captivity . Let them with faith see the end of these threatening powers , and comfort themselves herewith . When we see what this world is , how glittering its shows , and how flattering its proposals , let us read in the book of the Lord that it shall shortly be desolate . The book must be thrown into the river Euphrates . The fall of the New Testament Babylon is thus represented , Revelation strkjv @18:21 . Those that sink under the weight of God 's wrath and curse , sink for ever . Babylon , and every antichrist , will soon sink and rise no more for ever . Let us hope in God 's word , and quietly wait for his salvation ; then we shall see , but shall not share , the destruction of the wicked . **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary ****

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