UYeremiya 51:13

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13 Wena uhleliyo phezu kwamanzi amaninzi, ubuncwane bakho buninzi; kufikile ukuphela kwakho, isilinganiselo senzuzo yakho embi.

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dwellest: Jeremiah 51:36, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15

abundant: Jeremiah 50:37, Isaiah 45:3, Habakkuk 2:5-10, Revelation 18:11-17

thine: Jeremiah 17:11, Jeremiah 50:27, Jeremiah 50:31, Genesis 6:13, Lamentations 4:18, Ezekiel 7:2-12, Daniel 5:26, Amos 8:2, 1 Peter 4:7

and the: Habakkuk 2:9-11, Luke 12:19-21, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14, 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 1:11 -13; Revelation 18:19

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:7 - many waters Isaiah 21:6 - Go Isaiah 27:1 - in the sea Ezekiel 17:4 - into Ezekiel 21:25 - whose Nahum 2:8 - like Habakkuk 2:8 - thou John 3:23 - much

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O thou that dwellest upon many waters,.... Here Babylon is addressed, either by the Lord, or by the prophet, or the godly Jews; who is described by her, situation, which was by the great river Euphrates; which being branched out into several canals or rivers, both ran through it, and encompassed it; hence mention is made of the rivers of Babylon, Psalms 137:1; and a fit emblem this city was of mystical Babylon, which is also said to sit on many waters, interpreted of people and nations, Revelation 17:1; and which Kimchi here interprets of an affluence of good things, though he admits of the literal sense of the words:

abundant in treasures: of corn, and of the fruits of the earth, and so in condition to hold out a siege, as well as strongly fortified by art and nature, before described; and of gold and silver, the sinews of war, which she had got together, partly by commerce, and partly by the spoil of other nations; and yet neither her situation nor her affluence could secure her from ruin:

thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness; this flourishing city was now near its end, and with it the whole Babylonish monarchy; the time fixed by the Lord, for the duration of one and the other, was now come; and whereas her covetousness was insatiable, and would have known no bounds, for the enlargement of her dominions, and for the accumulation of more wealth and riches; God set a limit to it, beyond which it should not go; which measure was now filled up, and the time for it expired. The Targum is,

"the day of thy destruction is come, and the time of the visitation of thy wickedness,''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Upon many waters - The great wealth of Babylonia was caused not merely by the Euphrates, but by a vast system of canals, which served for defense as well as for irrigation.

The measure of thy covetousness - i. e., the appointed end of thy gain. Some render it: the ell of thy cutting off, i. e., the appointed measure at which thou art to be cut off, at which thy web of existence is to be severed from the loom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 51:13. O thou that dwellest upon many waters — Thou who hast an abundant supply of waters. It was built on the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates; the latter running through the city. But the many waters may mean the many nations which belonged to the Babylonish empire; nations and people are frequently so called in Scripture.