Jeremiah 51:34-35

Jeremiah 51:34-35

[34] Nebuchadrezzar  the king  of Babylon  hath devoured  me, he hath crushed  me, he hath made  me an empty  vessel,  he hath swallowed me up  like a dragon,  he hath filled  his belly  with my delicates,  he hath cast me out.  [35] The violence  done to me and to my flesh  be upon Babylon,  shall the inhabitant  of Zion  say;  and my blood  upon the inhabitants  of Chaldea,  shall Jerusalem  say. 

What does Jeremiah 51:34-35 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jerusalem, personified, would say that Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed her. He had eaten her up, crushed her, cast her aside, swallowed her like a monster, and washed her away as with a flood. Nebuchadnezzar had done to Jerusalem what the great fish had done to Jonah. Jerusalem wished that her bloodstains on Babylon would identify Babylon as guilty.