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Verse Jeremiah 50:24. _I HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR THEE_] It was not by
_storm_ that Cyrus took the city. The _Euphrates_ ran through it; he
dug a channel for the river in another direction, to divert it...
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I HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR THEE - Babylon, the impregnable, was taken
(according to Herodotus) by Cyrus by stratagem. Having diverted the
waters of the Euphrates, he entered the city by the river channel...
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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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I HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR THEE— Cyrus took the city by surprise,
entering it when the walls were intire, the city full of provisions,
and the people in high spirits, to their utter consternation, by
hav...
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C. Babylon's Visitation and Israel's Vindication Jeremiah 50:21-28
TRANSLATION
(21) Against the land of Merathaim go up, against the inhabitants of
Pekod! Slay and devote her to death (oracle of the...
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I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and
thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou
hast striven against the LORD.
I HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR THEE...
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THE FALL OF BABYLON AND THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL
The prophecy concerning Babylon is ascribed to Jeremiah in Jeremiah
51:59. This, however, need not mean more than that it represents the
tone of Jerem...
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I HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR THEE. — The two captures of Babylon by Cyrus
and Darius both answered to this description. Cyrus turned aside the
waters of the Euphrates into another channel, and entered by t...
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יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי לָ֤ךְ וְ גַם
־נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל...
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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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The last of the prophecies concerning the nations has to do with
Babylon. Throughout the whole of Jeremiah's prophetic utterances, she
has been seen as the instrument of God's judgment. Finally, on ac...
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_Aware. Men seemed to rise out of the earth, ver. 9._...
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I only detain the Reader, to make one remark on this passage, though
it furnisheth out many; and the one I beg the Reader particularly to
observe is, in my view, a most important one; namely, that Bab...
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He then immediately answers in the person of God, _I have ensnared
thee, and therefore thou Babylon art taken _Here God declares, that
though it could not be possible that Babylon and its empire shoul...
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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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I HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR THEE, AND THOU ART ALSO TAKEN, O BABYLON,....
Retorting to the stratagem that Cyrus used, in draining the river
Euphrates, and marching his army up through it into the midst of...
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I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and
thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou
hast striven against the LORD.
Ver. 24. _I have laid a snare f...
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_A sound of battle is in the land_ That is, in the land of Chaldea.
_How is the hammer of the whole earth broken!_ That oppressive empire
that smote the nations with a continual stroke, as is said Isa...
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THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
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I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and
thou wast not aware, the calamity overtaking her before she realized
it; THOU ART FOUND AND ALSO CAUGHT BECAUSE THOU HAST STRIVEN...
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21-32 The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let
them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he
threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripen...
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We are told that Cyrus with his great army diverted the river
Euphrates, so as his army passed over and surprised the city so
suddenly, that those in the midst of it did not know it when part of
the c...
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YHWH CALLS ON THE NATIONS TO FULFIL HIS WILL AS REGARDS BABYLON
(JEREMIAH 50:21).
We should note here how personal God's involvement is seen to be in
the judgment coming on Babylon. It is in accordanc...
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YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON BABYLON AND HIS PROMISES CONCERNING THE RESTORATION
OF THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE (JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64).
The series of prophecies against the nations had commenced with t...
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CONTENTS: Prophecies against Babylon and Chaldea.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, King of Assyria, Nebuchadrezzar.
CONCLUSION: The pride of men's hearts sets God against them and ripens
them in due time f...
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Jeremiah 50:1. _The word that the Lord spake against Babylon._ Messiah
in person spake to the prophet, as is stated in Jeremiah 48:1. But
while he spake against Babylon, his lips dropped with grace an...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 50:24 YOU DID NOT KNOW IT. The defeat
surprised Babylon. OPPOSED THE LORD. In part by crediting its success
to its own power and its own gods ...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This
and the following chapter constitute one prophecy against Babylon; and
the date of its authorship is given in chap. Jeremiah 51:59: “t...
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Jeremiah 50:1. AND 51. ON BABYLON.
EXPOSITION
We have now reached a point at which some reference is necessary to
the centre versies of the so called "higher criticism." An attempt
must be made to pu...
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Shall we turn now to Jeremiah chapter 50.
Chapter 50 begins with the words,
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of
the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet (Jeremiah 50:1)....
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2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 5:30; Daniel 5:31; Ecclesiastes 9:12;...