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The prophet means that:
(1) Babylon would never again be the seat of empire. Nor
(2) would any new development of events take its rise thence....
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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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NOT TAKE OF THEE... FOREVER. This again must refer to. future
fulfilment. The two destructions are intertwined. Compare Jeremiah
51:62.
FOR EVER. See App-151....
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The figure of stones, which by the action of fire have been rendered
unfit for use in building, is continued in this verse. No Empire shall
again have Babylon for its centre. Its position as a capital...
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D. Divine Destruction Jeremiah 51:11-26
TRANSLATION
(11) Polish the arrows! Fill the shields! The LORD has aroused the
spirit of the king of the Medes; for His purpose is against Babylon to
destroy i...
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And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
THEY SHALL NOT TAKE OF THEE A STONE FOR A CORNER, NOR A STONE...
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51:26 ever, (c-24) Or 'perpetual desolations,' as ch. 25.12....
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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THEY SHALL NOT TAKE OF THEE A STONE FOR A CORNER. — The prophet uses
general language applicable to any city destroyed by fire, without
noting the special fact that Babylon was built of bricks....
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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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_Corner. No king or conqueror shall spring thence. Alexander [the
Great] thought of making it the seat of his empire, but was prevented
by death. (Strabo xv.)_...
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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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He confirms the former verse, that when Babylon was destroyed, there
would be no hope of restoration. It often happens, that those cities
which have been wholly destroyed are afterwards built up again...
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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 THEY SHALL NOT TAKE OF THEE A STONE FOR A CORNER, NOR A STONE FOR
FOUNDATIONS,.... Signifying that it should be so utterly consumed by
fire, that there should not be a stone left fit to be put int...
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And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
Ver. 26. _And they shall not take of thee a stone._] Thou shalt...
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_Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain_ Babylon was situate
in a plain, but is called a mountain here, by reason of its
superiority and eminence above all other places; and perhaps also on...
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THE THREAT OF JEHOVAH IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS...
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And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner nor a stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be desolate forever, saith the Lord,
perpetual ruins. The great mass of materials of which Babylon was...
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DESOLATE FOREVER:
_ Heb._ everlasting desolations...
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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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God threateneth to Babylon an utter ruin and desolation, so as they
should not have a stone left fit to lay a foundation, or to make a
corner-stone; or, as some others interpret it, that city should n...
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Jeremiah 51:26 take H3947 (H8799) stone H68 corner H6438 stone H68
foundation H4146 desolate H8077 forever H5769 sa
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PREPARATION FOR THE COMING TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON (JEREMIAH
51:25).
With the mention of what is to happen to Babylon in Jeremiah 51:24,
YHWH's attention now turns on Babylon, describing it as a...
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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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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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Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 34:8; Jeremiah 50:12; Jer