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Verse Jeremiah 51:64. _THUS SHALL BABYLON SINK, C._] This is the
emblem of its overthrow and irretrievable ruin. See Revelation 18:21,
where we find that this is an emblem of the total ruin of _mystic...
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Historical appendix. In his fourth year Zedekiah journeyed to Babylon
either to obtain some favor from Nebuchadnezzar, or because he was
summoned to be present on some state occasion. Jeremiah took th...
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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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Seraiah's mission
The rejection as non-Jeremianic of the preceding prophecy against
Babylon (see introd. note to chs. 50, 51) by no means need involve
suspicion of this section. Here impassioned denu...
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For the symbolical action cp. Jeremiah 13:1-7; Jeremiah 19:1-10;
Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 43:9....
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_upon her: and they shall be weary_ The mg. (rightly) puts a full stop
after "upon her" and a colon after "they shall be weary." These latter
words (one word in the Heb.) doubtless (so Gi., Co. and ot...
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IV. THE HISTORY OF THE BABYLON PROPHECY Jeremiah 51:59-64
TRANSLATION
(59) The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, ki...
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The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of
Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Serai...
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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AND THEY SHALL BE WEARY] the last word (in Heb. but one) of the
prophecy (see Jeremiah 51:58) with which the symbolic act is thus
coupled.
THUS FAR, etc.] showing that Jeremiah 52 is by another hand....
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THEY SHALL BE WEARY. — The words are identical with those that had
closed the great prophecy in Jeremiah 51:58. What was meant was
probably that Seraiah was to repeat the last words of the prediction,...
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וְ אָמַרְתָּ֗ כָּ֠כָה תִּשְׁקַ֨ע
בָּבֶ֤ל וְ ל
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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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And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from
the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall (m) be weary. Thus
far [are] the words of Jeremiah.
(m) They will not be able...
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Sink. The angel did the like; (Apocalypse xviii. 21.; Calmet) and the
Phoceans, leaving their country, swore that they would return no more
till a piece of red hot iron, which they threw into the sea,...
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REFLECTIONS
HERE Reader! we arrive to the termination of Jeremiah's prophecy, and
have seen how sure the word of the Lord is, in destruction to his
enemies, and in grace and faithfulness to his people...
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Here the subject closeth, both to Jeremiah's prophecy, and the
predictions against Babylon; and a solemn close it is. The best and
truest explanation we find to the whole is in the Book of Revelation;...
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_‘INTO THE BOTTOM, AS A STONE’_
‘Thus shall Babylon sink.’
Jeremiah 51:64
I. IN EVERY AGE OF THE WORLD BABYLON HAS HAD ITS
COUNTERPART.—Babel’s tower cast its shadow over the primitive
races of man...
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The Conclusion follows, _Thus far the words of Jeremiah _We have said
that the prophets, after having spoken in the Temple, or to the
people, afterwards collected brief summaries, and that these conta...
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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 THOU SHALL SAY,.... Not only use the above sign and ceremony, but
explain the meaning of it to those of his friends who might accompany
him; and what he said was in the name of the Lord, as the fo...
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And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from
the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far
[are] the words of Jeremiah.
Ver. 64. _Thus shall Babylon s...
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_And thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of
Euphrates_ The prophets, as we have seen, frequently gave sensible
representations of the judgments they foretold: see Jeremiah 19:10....
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THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...
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and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink and shall not rise from
the evil that I will bring upon her; and they, the Babylonians, SHALL
BE WEARY, they shall be so overcome that it would be impossibl...
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59-64 This prophecy is sent to Babylon, to the captives there, by
Seraiah, who is to read it to his countrymen in captivity. Let them
with faith see the end of these threatening powers, and comfort
t...
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It hath been often said that Euphrates was that great river which ran
by the walls of Babylon; into this Seraiah is commanded by Jeremiah to
throw this roll of prophecy against Babylon, symbolically t...
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Jeremiah 51:64 say H559 (H8804) Babylon H894 sink H8257 (H8799) rise
H6965 (H8799) from H6440 catastrophe...
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JEREMIAH HANDS TO ONE OF THE GODLY LEADERS WHO IS GOING WITH KING
ZEDEKIAH ON A JOURNEY TO BABYLON A SCROLL CONTAINING HIS PROPHECIES
ABOUT BABYLON. THIS WAS TO BE USED SYMBOLICALLY TO DENOTE THE CERT...
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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 51:63 Jeremiah’s final symbolic act (see
Jeremiah 13:1; Jeremiah 16:1;...
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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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Habakkuk 2:13; Jeremiah 25:27; Jeremiah 51:42; Jeremiah 51:58; J