Jeremiah 51:35

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

The violence done ... to my flesh - which Nebuchadnezzar hath "devoured" (). Zion thus calls her kinsmen () slain throughout the country, or carried captives to Babylon (Grotius). Or, as "my blood" follows, it and "my flesh" constitute the whole man: Zion, in its totality, its citizens, and all its substance, have been a prey to Babylon's violence (Psalms 137:8).