Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 51:46
51:46 And lest your heart should faint, and ye should fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come [one] {b} year, and after that in [another] year [shall come] a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.(b) Meaning that Babylon would not be destroyed all at once but little by little would be brought to nothing for the first year came the tidings, the next year the siege and in the third year it was taken: yet this is not that horrible destruction... read more
Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 51:44
51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which {a} he hath swallowed: and the nations shall not flow together any more to him: even the wall of Babylon shall fall.(a) That is, his gifts and presents which he had received as part of the spoil of other nations, and which the idolaters brought to him from all countries. read more