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An application to Babylon of the doom against Jerusalem Jeremiah 6:22.
Jeremiah 50:41
THE COASTS OF THE EARTH - See the Jeremiah 6:22 note....
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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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A repetition, with the necessary changes, of Jeremiah 6:22-24, where
Jerusalem is the object of the threat. See notes there....
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B. Ruthless Destruction Jeremiah 50:41 to Jeremiah 51:5
TRANSLATION
(41) Behold, a people shall come from the north, a great nation and
many kings shall be stirred up from the distant parts of the ea...
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Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and
many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
BEHOLD, A PEOPLE SHALL COME FORTH FROM THE NORTH ... THEY SHALL HOLD...
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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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קֶ֣שֶׁת וְ כִידֹ֞ן יַחֲזִ֗יקוּ
אַכְזָרִ֥י הֵ֨מָּה֙...
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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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_Cruel. The Medes will not spare for money, ver. 3., and Isaias xiii.
7._...
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I must not detain the Reader, by entering upon the many interesting
particulars here enumerated of God's judgments upon Babylon. I only
briefly observe, that the history of that kingdom hath fully sho...
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Jeremiah again speaks especially of armor, to intimate that the
Babylonians would not be able to sustain the assault of their enemies.
He then says that they would be armed with the _bow _and the _shi...
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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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THEY SHALL HOLD THE BOW AND THE LANCE,.... Or "spear". The Targum
interprets it, "shields"; as many in Cyrus's army had t; the one an
offensive, the other a defensive weapon; or, if bow and lance, the...
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They shall hold the bow and the lance: they [are] cruel, and will not
shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride
upon horses, [every one] put in array, like a man to the batt...
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_Behold, a people shall come from the north_ Namely, the Medes; _and a
great nation_ That is, who are a great nation; for this is no more
than an explicative of the foregoing sentence. _And many kings...
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They shall hold the bow and the lance, weapons of attack; THEY ARE
CRUEL AND WILL NOT SHOW MERCY, give no quarter in battle; THEIR VOICE
SHALL ROAR LIKE THE SEA, in their fierce battle-cry, AND THEY S...
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THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
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33-46 It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak,
their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who
complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own...
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THE BOW AND THE LANCE were the two usual weapons of soldiers in those
countries, JEREMIAH 6:23. The Persians were a cruel, bloody people.
These phrases signify no more than that the enemies should com...
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THE INVADERS FROM THE NORTH BEFORE WHOM BABYLON WILL QUAIL AND WHO
WILL FINALLY TAKE BABYLON (JEREMIAH 50:41).
We must not judge ancient descriptions in terms of modern geography.
They had no atlases...
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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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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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Habakkuk 1:6; Habakkuk 1:8; Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 13:18; Isaiah 14:6;...