18 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their [a]visitation they shall perish.

19 The [b]portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his Name.

20 Thou art mine [c]hammer, and weapons of war: for with thee will I break the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:18 When God shall execute his vengeance.
  2. Jeremiah 51:19 That is, the true God of Israel is not like to these idols: for he can help when all things are desperate.
  3. Jeremiah 51:20 He meaneth the Medes and Persians, as he did before call the Babylonians his hammer, Jer. 50:23.

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