Jeremiah 51:44

Bel See on Jeremiah 50:2.

that which he hath swallowed up the riches of the subjugated nations. Cp. Jeremiah 51:34.

Co. thinks that parallelism requires the mention of a deity, and proposes, with an alteration of MT., to render the Desire-goddess, the chief female deity of Babylon. He compares Daniel 11:37, "the desire of women," which is thought to denote Thammuz (Greek Adonis).