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Verse Jeremiah 51:27. _SET YE UP A STANDARD_] Another summons to the
_Medes_ and _Persians_ to attack Babylon.
_ARARAT, MINNI_] The Greater and Lesser Armenia.
_AND ASHCHENAZ_] A part of Phrygia, n...
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Ararat, see the Genesis 8:4 note. Minni, probably the western portion
of Armenia, as Ararat was that in the center and to the east. Armenia
was at this time subject to Media. Ashchenaz was between the...
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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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PREPARE. set apart, or sanctify.
MINNI. Frequently mentioned in the inscriptions, the Assyrians having
been compelled to quell revolts there.
CAPTAIN. muster-master or marshal, like the Assyrian _du...
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_Set ye up, etc_.] Cp. Jeremiah 51:12.
_prepare_ For mg. _sanctify_(and so in Jeremiah 51:28) see on Jeremiah
6:4; Jeremiah 22:7
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ARARAT, MINNI, AND ASHCHENAZ— See Isaiah 13:4. Instead of _rough
caterpillars,_ Bochart reads _bristled locusts._...
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III. THE DOOM OF BABYLON Jeremiah 51:27-58
The third section of the Babylon oracle which begins in Jeremiah 51:27
emphasizes the final doom of Babylon. The attack of the enemy is again
described in vi...
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Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her, call together against her the
kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain agains...
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51:27 prepare (d-14) Lit. 'hallow.' see ch. 6.4....
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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ARARAT, MINNI, are districts of Armenia, and so probably was
ASHCHENAZ. Minni is frequently mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions, the
kings of Assyria having had to quell frequent revolts against their...
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PREPARE THE NATIONS. — The word here and in Jeremiah 51:29 conveys,
as in Jeremiah 22:7, the idea of consecration.
CALL TOGETHER AGAINST HER THE KINGDOMS OF ARARAT, MINNI, AND
ASHCHENAZ. — The first o...
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שְׂאוּ ־נֵ֣ס בָּ † אָ֗רֶץ תִּקְע֨וּ
שֹׁופָ֤ר...
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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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Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her, call together against her the
kingdoms of (q) Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain
aga...
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Prepare. Literally, "sanctify." (Haydock) --- Call together all
nations to fight against Babylon. (Worthington) --- Many religious
ceremonies were used. --- Ararat, where the ark rested, (Genesis viii...
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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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The Prophet here confirms what he had before taught, even that
Babylon, however proud on account of its strongholds, would not yet
escape God’s hand. Had he used a simple mode of speaking, hardly any...
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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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SET YE UP A STANDARD IN THE LAND,.... Not in Chaldea, but rather in
any land; or in all the countries which belonged to Media and Persia;
where Cyrus's standard is ordered to be set up, to gather sold...
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Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her, call together against her the
kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against...
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_Set ye up a standard blow the trumpet_ These were common signals for
assembling armies together. _Call together the kingdoms of Ararat,
Minni, and Ashehenaz_ These were countries under the dominion o...
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Set ye up a standard in the land, around which the attacking forces
might rally in order to proceed against Babylon, BLOW THE TRUMPET
AMONG THE NATIONS, summoning them to be mustered for war, PREPARE...
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THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...
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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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The former words of this verse are expounded by those that follow;
setting up of standards and blowings of trumpets are preparatory to
bring armies together. The setting up of standards, and blowing o...
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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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_Thus saith the Lord: Set ye up a standard in the land._
THE STANDARD OF THE CROSS, A RALLYING-POINT FOR THE PEOPLE
“Set ye up a standard,” plain, obvious to be seen; a standard,
high, on a mountain...
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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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1 Chronicles 1:6; Amos 3:6; Genesis 10:3; Genesis 8:4; Isaiah 13:2;...
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As caterpillars — The Median horses are compared to their insects,
either with respect to their numbers, or in regard of the terror
caused by them when they came, being a great plague to the places
wh...