Jeremiah gathers a dense cluster of images around Babylon’s fall. Babylon has been a golden cup intoxicating the nations, but its own judgment comes suddenly; God tells His people to flee and remember Jerusalem. The LORD is Creator, unlike idols, and He can use nations as instruments before making proud Babylon a burnt and ruined mountain.

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Jeremiah 51:7–13

Revelation 17:1–4

Revelation's prostitute Babylon sitting on many waters with a golden cup directly reworks Jeremiah 51's Babylon imagery.

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