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Verse Jeremiah 50:23. _THE HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH_] Nebuchadnezzar
dashed to pieces the nations against whom he warred. He was the
scourge of the Lord....
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THE HAMMER - Babylon, by whose instrumentality Yahweh had crushed the
nations, is now cut asunder, i. e., the head of iron or bronze is cut
away from the wooden handle, and broken....
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CHAPTER S 50-51 BABYLON
These two final Chapter s contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon,
her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the
statement “thus far are the words of Jere...
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JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:58. BABYLON. This long and monotonous
prophecy, which is without order or logical development of ideas, is
largely a compilation from the prophetic writings of Jeremiah an...
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_the hammer_ For the figure cp. Jeremiah 23:29, and for its
application to Babylon Jeremiah 51:20-23. Cp. for the title, as given
in later days, Charles _Martel_(hammer), who was grandfather of
Charle...
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HOW IS THE HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH CUT ASUNDER, &C.— _Divided and
broken._ Houbigant. "How is that oppressive empire which smote the
nations with a continual stroke, broken and destroyed!" The figur...
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C. Babylon's Visitation and Israel's Vindication Jeremiah 50:21-28
TRANSLATION
(21) Against the land of Merathaim go up, against the inhabitants of
Pekod! Slay and devote her to death (oracle of the...
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How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is
Babylon become a desolation among the nations! THE HAMMER OF THE WHOLE
EARTH - i:e., Babylon, so called because of its ponderous de...
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THE FALL OF BABYLON AND THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL
The prophecy concerning Babylon is ascribed to Jeremiah in Jeremiah
51:59. This, however, need not mean more than that it represents the
tone of Jerem...
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HAMMER] Babylon: cp. Jeremiah 51:20. Individuals at other times have
borne this title; Judas Maccabæus for his victories over Syria;
Charles Martel, grandfather of Charles the Great (Charlemagne), who...
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HOW IS THE HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH CUT ASUNDER...! — The image had
been used before (Jeremiah 23:29) of the might of right as seen in the
words of Jehovah. Here it describes the right of might as se...
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אֵ֤יךְ נִגְדַּע֙ וַ יִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר
פַּטִּ֖ישׁ כָּל...
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CHAPTER XXV
BABYLON
Jeremiah 50:1, Jeremiah 51:1
"Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."-
Jeremiah 50:2
THESE Chapter s present phenomena analogous to those of...
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The last of the prophecies concerning the nations has to do with
Babylon. Throughout the whole of Jeremiah's prophetic utterances, she
has been seen as the instrument of God's judgment. Finally, on ac...
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How is the (u) hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how
is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
(u) Nebuchadnezzar, who had smitten down all the princes and people of
the world...
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_Hammer. The violent injustice of the Chaldeans is thus entitled._...
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I only detain the Reader, to make one remark on this passage, though
it furnisheth out many; and the one I beg the Reader particularly to
observe is, in my view, a most important one; namely, that Bab...
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Here, in the first place, Jeremiah asks in astonishment how it
happened that _the hammer of the whole earth was broken, _when it had
before broken all nations. God afterwards gives an answer, even
bec...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51.
Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already
mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies
against t...
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HOW IS THE HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH CUT ASUNDER AND BROKEN!.... The
Targum is,
"how is the king cut down and broken that moved the whole earth!''
The king of Babylon, or the kingdom of Babylon, whi...
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_How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is
Babylon become a desolation among the nations!_
Ver. 23. _How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder!_] Babylon
was the maul...
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_A sound of battle is in the land_ That is, in the land of Chaldea.
_How is the hammer of the whole earth broken!_ That oppressive empire
that smote the nations with a continual stroke, as is said Isa...
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THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
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How is the hammer of the whole earth, as Babylon is called on account
of the fact that the Lord used it to strike and destroy many nations,
CUT ASUNDER AND BROKEN! itself subject to crushing blows. HO...
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21-32 The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let
them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he
threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripen...
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Jeremiah 50:23 hammer H6360 earth H776 apart H1438 (H8738) broken
H7665 (H8735) Babylon H894 desolation H8047 nat
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YHWH CALLS ON THE NATIONS TO FULFIL HIS WILL AS REGARDS BABYLON
(JEREMIAH 50:21).
We should note here how personal God's involvement is seen to be in
the judgment coming on Babylon. It is in accordanc...
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YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON BABYLON AND HIS PROMISES CONCERNING THE RESTORATION
OF THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE (JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64).
The series of prophecies against the nations had commenced with t...
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CONTENTS: Prophecies against Babylon and Chaldea.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, King of Assyria, Nebuchadrezzar.
CONCLUSION: The pride of men's hearts sets God against them and ripens
them in due time f...
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Jeremiah 50:1. _The word that the Lord spake against Babylon._ Messiah
in person spake to the prophet, as is stated in Jeremiah 48:1. But
while he spake against Babylon, his lips dropped with grace an...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This
and the following chapter constitute one prophecy against Babylon; and
the date of its authorship is given in chap. Jeremiah 51:59: “t...
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Jeremiah 50:1. AND 51. ON BABYLON.
EXPOSITION
We have now reached a point at which some reference is necessary to
the centre versies of the so called "higher criticism." An attempt
must be made to pu...
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Shall we turn now to Jeremiah chapter 50.
Chapter 50 begins with the words,
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of
the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet (Jeremiah 50:1)....
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Isaiah 14:12; Isaiah 14:4; Jeremiah 51:20; Revelation 18:16...