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Render, “For Yahweh wasteth Babylon, and will make to cease from her
the loud noise (of busy life); and their wares (the surging masses of
the enemy) roar like many waters: the noise of their shouting...
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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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DESTROYED. caused to perish. Hebrew. _'abar._ Not the same as in
verses: Jeremiah 51:1; Jeremiah 51:3; Jeremiah 51:8; Jeremiah 1:11;...
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_the great voice_ the hum of the city's life.
_and their waves_ the surging hosts which pour into the city. See on
Jeremiah 51:42.
_the noise of their voice_ Cp. Jeremiah 6:23; Isaiah 17:12....
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AND DESTROYED OUT OF HER THE GREAT VOICE— When cities are populous,
they are of course noisy. See Isaiah 22:2. Silence is therefore a mark
of depopulation; and in this sense we are to understand God's...
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E. The Final Pronouncement Against Babylon Jeremiah 51:54-58
TRANSLATION
(54) Hark! A cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of
the Chaldeans. (55) For the LORD is destroying Babylon,...
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Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of
their voice is uttered:
BECAUSE THE LORD HATH ... DESTROYED OUT...
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51:55 their (c-16) i.e. of the invaders....
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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THE GREAT VOICE] the hum of the city's life. WHEN HER WAVES] RV 'and
their waves,' the surging hostB that encompass the city: cp. Jeremiah
51:42....
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BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SPOILED BABYLON... — In Jeremiah 51:54 the
prophet hears the cry of the captured city. The “great voice”
which Jehovah “destroys” or “makes to cease” is the stir and
tumult of li...
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כִּֽי ־שֹׁדֵ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־בָּבֶ֔ל
וְ אִבַּ֥
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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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_Great voice, or boasting and songs of joy, usual at public meetings.
--- Noise. They groan under affliction._...
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If the Reader will compare what is here said, with what is said of
mystic Babylon in the New Testament, he will soon perceive what a
striking resemblance there is between things temporal and spiritual...
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The reason for the crashing is now added, even because God had
resolved to lay waste Babylon, and to reduce it to nothing. Jeremiah
again calls the faithful to consider the power of God. He then says,...
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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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BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SPOILED BABYLON,.... By means of the Merits and
Persians; these were his instruments he made use of; to these he gave
commission, power, and strength to spoil Babylon; and theref...
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Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of
their voice is uttered:
Ver. 55. _Because the Lord hath spoiled B...
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_Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice_ “When cities are populous, they are of course noisy:
see Isaiah 22:2. Silence is therefore a mark of depopulation; and...
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THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...
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because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice, the deafening din of the boastful revelers; WHEN HER
WAVES, the surging streams of her inhabitants, DO ROAR LIKE GREAT...
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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 sword is not so much the sword of the Medes a the sword of the
Lord. It is he who is to be looked at, a the spoiler of Babylon. AND
DESTROYED OUT OF HER THE GREAT VOICE; and hath made to cease in...
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Jeremiah 51:55 LORD H3068 plundering H7703 (H8802) Babylon H894
silencing H6 (H8765) loud H1419 voice H6963 waves...
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A PROPHETIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FULFILMENT OF YHWH'S WORD SPOKEN
AGAINST BABYLON AND CONFIRMATION THAT IT WOULD BE SO (JEREMIAH 51:54).
The section dealing with YHWH's word against Babylon, which began...
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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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Ezekiel 26:3; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 47:5;...
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The great voice — The noises caused from multitudes of people
walking up and trafficking together. A noise — The noise of her
enemies that shall break in upon her shall be like the roaring of the
sea....