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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 51:11

Verse Jeremiah 51:11. Make bright the arrows] This is the prophet's address to Babylon.

The Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes] Of Cyaxares king of Media, called Darius the Mede in Scripture; and of Cyrus king of Persia, presumptive heir of the throne of Cyaxares, his uncle. Cambyses, his father, sent him, Cyrus, with 30,000 men to assist his uncle Cyaxares, against Neriglissar king of Babylon, and by these was Babylon overthrown.

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See also Jeremiah 51:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    MAKE BRIGHT - Rather, Sharpen. The Medes Genesis 10:2 were a branch of the great Aryan family, who as conquerors had seized upon the vast regions extending from the Caspian Sea to the eastern borders...

  • 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

    SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9. THE MEDES. In the person of Cyrus and others (App-57). Here the then immediate calamity is referred to. VENGEANCE. avengement....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _sharp_ For mg. cp. Isaiah 49:2 ("polished shaft"). _hold firm_ mg. _fill_. If we retain "shields" (see next note), the latter verb seems inappropriate. Cp., however, its use in 2 Samuel 23:7 R.V. mg...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GATHER THE SHIELDS— _Fill the quivers._ Houbigant. Neriglissar king of Babylon having formed an alliance against the Medes, Cambyses sent his son Cyrus, with an army of thirty thousand Persians, to jo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, th...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    51:11 take (c-4) Lit. 'fill' (i.e. with arm, or body); as 'provideth,' 2 Samuel 23:7 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE KINGS OF THE MEDES] the leaders of the various tribes which together formed the nation: cp. Jeremiah 51:28. HIS TEMPLE] see on Jeremiah 50:28....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MAKE BRIGHT THE ARROWS. — Better, _Sharpen,_ the “polishing” or “making bright” being as the means to that end. GATHER THE SHIELDS. — Literally, _fill the shields, i.e.,_ arm yourselves with them, The...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הָבֵ֣רוּ הַ חִצִּים֮ מִלְא֣וּ הַ שְּׁלָטִים֒...

  • 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

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his purpose [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sharpen. He addresses ironically the citizens of Babylon. --- Medes. Thus the subjects of the Persian monarchs are commonly styled. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Again I beg the Reader to remark, how the Lord points to his discriminating grace. The portion of Jacob is not like others. This people, saith Jehovah, I have formed for myself, they shall show forth...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    These words might have been addressed to the Medes as well as to the Babylonians. If the latter meaning be approved, that is, that the Prophet addresses the Babylonians, the words are a taunt, as thou...

  • 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

    MAKE BRIGHT THE ARROWS,.... Which were covered with rust; scour them of it; anoint them with oil, as armour were wont to be; make them neat, clean, and bright, that they may pierce the deeper; hence w...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD,...

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

    _Make bright the arrows, gather the shields_ Hebrew, מלאו השׁלשׂים, _the quivers._ Thus the LXX., πληρουτε τας φαρετρας, with whom agree the Vulgate, Castalio, and others. The meaning is, Prepare all...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE THREAT OF JEHOVAH IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Make bright the arrows, polishing and sharpening them; GATHER THE SHIELDS, literally, "fill the shields," slipping their straps over their arms for immediate use. THE LORD HATH RAISED UP THE SPIRIT OF...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BRIGHT: _ Heb._ pure...

  • 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

    MAKE BRIGHT THE ARROWS; prepare the arrows for fighting, whether by feathering, sharpening, or polishing and cleansing of them, is not much material. GATHER THE SHIELDS; you that are Chaldeans, gather...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 51:11 arrows H2671 bright H1305 (H8685) Gather H4390 (H8798) shields H7982 LORD H3068 up H5782 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH'S VENGEANCE ON BABYLON AND THE VINDICATION OF ISRAEL/JUDAH (JEREMIAH 51:1). The proclamation of the certainty of YHWH's coming judgment on Babylon, and on all that it stands for, continues. While...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:11 MEDES. See Isaiah 13:17. Cyrus incorporated the Medes into the Persian Empire in 550 B.C. venge

  • 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

    1 Chronicles 5:26; 1 Kings 11:14; 1 Kings 11:23; 2 Chronicles 36:22;...

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