John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 51:62

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then shall thou say, O Lord, etc.] Acknowledging this prophecy to be of God; believing the accomplishment of it; and praying over it, and for it, like a good man, as doubtless he was: thou hast spoken against this place; the city of Babylon, where Seraiah is now supposed to be: to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever; this is the substance of the whole prophecy, that the destruction of Babylon should be an utter and a perpetual one; and which is expressed in the same words that are here used, (<245003>Jeremiah 50:3,13,26,40).

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