Jeremiah 51:1-64 NLT Text Notes

*Jer 51:1 Hebrew of Leb-kamai, a code name for Babylonia.

*Jer 51:3 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

*Jer 51:4 Or Chaldeans; also in 51:54.

*Jer 51:10 Hebrew Zion; also in 51:24.

*Jer 51:11 Greek version reads Fill up the quivers.

*Jer 51:19 Hebrew the Portion of Jacob. See note on 5:20.

*Jer 51:20 Possibly Cyrus, whom God used to conquer Babylon. Compare Isa 44:28; 45:1.

*Jer 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in 51:35.

*Jer 51:34 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.

*Jer 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon.

*Jer 51:59 The fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign was 593 B.C.