19 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
I have given up my house, I have let my heritage go; I have given the loved one of my soul into the hands of her haters. My heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her. My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction. The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;
I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
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Commentary on Jeremiah 51 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 51
The prophet, in this chapter, goes on with the prediction of Babylon's fall, to which other prophets also bore witness. He is very copious and lively in describing the foresight God had given him of it, for the encouragement of the pious captives, whose deliverance depended upon it and was to be the result of it. Here is,
Jer 51:1-58
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here,
Jer 51:59-64
We have been long attending the judgment of Babylon in this and the foregoing chapter; now here we have the conclusion of that whole matter.