Jeremiah 50:2

and set up a standard; publish The LXX omit. Cp. for the "standard" Isaiah 13:2 (R.V. "ensign") as the probable origin of the expression here. It was to be a signal either to attract attention or as a point of rendez-vous.

Bel properly lord, apparently to be distinguished here from Merodach (Marduk), who was the tutelary divinity of Babylon. Cp. Isaiah 46:1, where Bel occurs coupled with Nebo, son of Merodach.

idols lit. idol-blocks, a term of contempt very frequently found in Ezekiel (Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 22:3, etc.). It seems to have meant primarily something rolled, hence a long sacred stone, then a stone image, lastly an idol in general.

dismayed better, as mg. broken down.