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Verse Jeremiah 51:32. _THAT THE PASSAGES ARE STOPPED_] Either the
_bridges_ or _slips_ for boats, by which the inhabitants passed from
one side to the other, and may mean the principal gates or passes...
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THE PASSAGES ARE STOPPED - The ferries are seized, occupied. The
historians state that when Cyrus captured the city his troops moved
down the bed of the river and occupied all these ferries, finding a...
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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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PASSAGES. fords.
STOPPED. seized.
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh._...
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_passages_ mg. _fords_, but perhaps we should take it as meaning here
_ferries_over the Euphrates.
_reeds_ mg. _marshes_, Heb. _pools_. The sense is either that the
great reed beds which served as de...
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ONE POST SHALL RUN TO MEET ANOTHER— As Babylon was taken by
surprise, this occasioned many messengers to run one after another, to
acquaint the king with this sudden and unexpected event. Herodotus
sa...
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III. THE DOOM OF BABYLON Jeremiah 51:27-58
The third section of the Babylon oracle which begins in Jeremiah 51:27
emphasizes the final doom of Babylon. The attack of the enemy is again
described in vi...
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And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned
with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
PASSAGES ARE STOPPED - the guarded fords of the Euphrates are
occupied by the enemy...
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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PASSAGES] with fords, or ferries. REEDS] RM 'marshes,' Heb. 'pools.'
The reservoirs and pools around Babylon which prevented inundations
shall disappear as completely as what is inflammable does by th...
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THAT THE PASSAGES ARE STOPPED. — These were probably the ferries
across the Euphrates, by which one part of the city was in
communication with the other. These were at the ends of the streets
that ran...
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וְ הַ מַּעְבָּרֹ֣ות נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ וְ
אֶת ־הָ
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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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In the second movement of the prophecy which deals with Babylon's doom
and Israel's responsibility, Jeremiah first repeated his declarations
concerning the determination of Jehovah to bring about the...
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_Fords. Thus the enemy entered. --- Marches. Hebrew, "sedges," which
grew to the size of trees, and were burnt when the waters of the river
and lakes were drained. Herodotus (i. 185, 178.) specifies a...
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Is not this command to the people of God, to go out of Babylon, the
same as gospel precepts, 2 Corinthians 6:17; Revelation 18:4....
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This verse most clearly proves that Jeremiah was God’s herald, and
that his language was under the guidance of the celestial Spirit; for
he sets forth the manner in which Babylon was taken, as though...
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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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AND THAT THE PASSAGES ARE STOPPED,.... Or "taken", or "seized" o;
where Cyrus placed soldiers to keep them; these were the passages
leading from the river Euphrates to the city, the keys of it; the
li...
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And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with
fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Ver. 32. _And that the passages are stopped._] Or, Taken, seized,
surprised. _as _ Jer...
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_The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight: they have
remained_, &c. “The year before the siege of Babylon, Cyrus
overthrew Belshazzar in battle, whereupon his army retreated within
the walls,...
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THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...
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and that the passages are stopped, the places where the river was
usually crossed being occupied by the enemy's forces, AND THE REEDS
THEY HAVE BURNED WITH FIRE, taking away even the last means of
def...
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1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven,
and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in
treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secur...
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This was part of the message which the prophet saith the messenger
should carry to the king of Babylon, that was in the other part of the
city, that the passages over the river Euphrates, or any other...
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Jeremiah 51:32 passages H4569 blocked H8610 (H8738) reeds H98 burned
H8313 (H8804) fire H784 men H582 war...
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THE BABYLONIAN RESPONSE (JEREMIAH 51:30).
As already mentioned Gobryas, the Persian general, took the city of
Babylon by stealth, having diverted the water course that led into the
city, thus being ab...
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CONTENTS: Prophecies against Babylon, continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Seraiah.
CONCLUSION: Let no nation think it will exempt them from God's
judgment that they have been execu...
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Jeremiah 51:7. _Babylon is a golden cup in the hands of Jehovah._ All
the captives and allies are intoxicated with it. All nations bow to
her idols, submit to her power, wonder at her riches, applaud...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:31 Several messengers tell Babylon’s
KING the same news: the city is surrounded, the water escape routes
are cut off, and the places of hiding (MARSHES) have been torched....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—For _Chronological Notes,_ see
foregoing chapter.
GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 51:27. “_The kingdoms of
Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenas_.” These nations of Western As...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 51:1
AGAINST THEM THAT DWELL IN THE MIDST OF THEM THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME.
The Hebrew has _lēb-kāmai_, which is _Kasdim_, or _Chaldea,
_written in the cypher called Athbash (see...
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The passages — The passages over the river Euphrates, and all the
other passages by which the Babylonians might make their escape, were
guarded with soldiers. Reeds — On the border of the river Euphra...