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Jeremiah 51:34-35

JEREMIAH—NOTE ON Jeremiah 51:34 like a monster. Though Nebuchadnezzar was sent by God against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 27:1), he was unnecessarily violent and brutal in how he treated Judah (Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:24).

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See also Jeremiah 51:34-35 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 51:34. _NEBUCHADREZZAR - HATH DEVOURED ME_] These are the words of Judea; he has taken away all my riches. _HE HATH CAST ME OUT._] He shall vomit all up; i.e., they shall be regained....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Literally, “Nebuchadrezzar ... hath devoured us, hath crushed us, he hath set as aside as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed as like a crocodile, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies Genesis 49:2...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ME. Here, and in Jeremiah 51:35, the Hebrew text reads "us"; but the margin, and some codices, with two early printed editions, read "me", which is followed by the Authorized Version....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _me_ mg. _us_, but "me" is best throughout the _v_. as in Jeremiah 51:35. Israel suddenly becomes the speaker. For the figure cp. Isaiah 27:1. _dragon_ The Heb. _Tannin_is lit. any great monster of ri...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NEBUCHADREZZAR—HATH CRUSHED ME— This is a pathetic description of the calamities brought upon the Jews by Nebuchadrezzar and his forces; who, after devouring the wealth, and laying waste the beauty of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. The Complaint of Israel and the Reply of the Lord Jeremiah 51:34-40 TRANSLATION (34) Nebuchadnezzar has devoured us, has crushed us, has set us down like an empty vessel. Like a monster he has dev...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath ca...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DRAGON] here, 'sea-monster.' DELICATES] dainties; here only used as a substantive in the Bible....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE HATH MADE ME AN EMPTY VESSEL. — The pronouns in one form of the Hebrew text are most of them in the plural, “devoured _us,_ crushed _us,_ made _us._” The prophet speaks of himself and Israel as hav...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _אֲכָלַ֣נִי_† _הֲמָמַ֗נִי_† נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶל֒ _הִצִּיגַ֨נִי֙_† כְּלִ֣י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon hath (t) devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicacies, he hat...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Dragon, or huge fish, which swallows without chewing. Sion is here venting her complaint, Psalm cxxxvi. 8. (Calmet) --- She shews that Babylon is justly punished for her cruelty towards God's people....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here is mentioned the complaint of the chosen people, and this was done designedly by Jeremiah, in order that the Jews might feel assured that their miseries were not overlooked by God; for nothing ca...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NEBUCHADREZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON HATH DEVOURED ME,.... Or "us" w; everyone of us: these are the words of Zion and Jerusalem, as appears from Jeremiah 51:35; complaining of the injuries done them by...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cas...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Nebuchadrezzar hath devoured me_ Zion and Jerusalem, which are both expressed in the next verse, are the speakers here, and the words contain a pathetical description of the calamities brought upon t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, discarding them like a useless dish, HE HATH SWALLOWED ME UP LIKE A DRAGON, like some monste...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The prophet speaketh this in the name of the Jews, complaining of the KING OF BABYLON as the author of all the miseries they had endured, which he expresseth by several phrases signifying the same thi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 51:34 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 Babylon H894 devoured H398 (H8804) crushed H2000 (H8804) made H3322

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CRY OF JERUSALEM FOR VENGEANCE (JEREMIAH 51:34). In these two verses we have the words of ‘the inhabitants of Zion', the words of ‘Jerusalem' as they remind God of what Nebuchadrezzar, the king of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 8:4; Ezekiel 36:3; Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 34:11; Jeremiah 39:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Me — The prophet speaks this in the name of the Jews. Cast me out — As beasts of prey eat what they please of other beasts they have preyed upon, and leave the rest in the field....

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