"All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers."
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Verse Jeremiah 50:7. _THEIR ADVERSARIES SAID, WE OFFEND NOT_] God has
abandoned them; we are only fulfilling his designs in plaguing them....
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OFFEND NOT - i. e., “are not guilty.” Israel having left the fold,
has no owner, and may therefore be maltreated with impunity.
HABITATION OF JUSTICE - In Jeremiah 31:23 applied to Jerusalem: here,
Y...
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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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WE OFFEND NOT, &C. Compare verses: Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 50:23;
Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 25:15, &c.
OFFEND. Hebrew. _'asham._ App-44.
SINNED. Hebrew. _chata._
HABIT...
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_We offend not We are not guilty_. Cp. Jeremiah 2:3. The enemy's plea
is, Israel is no longer holy to the Lord, and thus it is no sacrilege,
though we devour her.
_the habitation of justice_ apparent...
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THEIR ADVERSARIES SAID, WE OFFEND NOT— "In making them captives."
Jeremiah introduces the Chaldean speaking thus by the truest
prosopopoeia; for it could not be but the Chaldeans must have known
those...
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CHAPTER NINETEEN
GOD AND BABYLON
Jeremiah 50:1 to Jeremiah 51:64 e
Eichorn was the first to deny the authenticity of Chapter s 50-51 and
he has been followed by most modern critics. Cornill affirms...
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All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said,
We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the
habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
A...
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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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THEIR ADVERSARIES SAID, WE OFFEND NOT... — The words are suggestive
as indicating a special aspect of the thoughts of the prophet as to
the idolatry of Judah. What was to him its extremest humiliation...
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כָּל ־מֹוצְאֵיהֶ֣ם אֲכָל֔וּם וְ
צָרֵיהֶ֥ם אָמְר֖וּ לֹ֣א נֶאְשָׁ֑ם
תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָטְא֤וּ לַֽ יהוָה֙
נְוֵה
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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 Isaiah 4...
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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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All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We
offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, (h) the
habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers....
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_Not sinned: the Jews were such notorious offenders. But in what had
they injured the Chaldeans? --- Beauty. Hebrew, "dwelling or fold."_...
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What a beautiful description is here given of the people's return to
their beloved home! Reader! there is such a thing as tears of joy, as
well as tears of sorrow. Holy mourners in Christ, come within...
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Jeremiah goes on with the same subject; for he tells us how miserable
was the condition of the people until God looked on them to relieve
them from their evils. And this comparison, as I have before s...
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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...
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ALL THAT FOUND THEM HAVE DEVOURED THEM,.... As lost and wandering
sheep are liable to be found, and to be devoured, by every beast of
prey, lions, wolves, and bears; so the Jews were found by their
ne...
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All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We
offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation
of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Ver....
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_My people hath been lost sheep_ All men are compared to sheep that go
astray, Isaiah 53:6. Here this character is applied to the Jews, whom
God calls his people, because of the ancient covenant made...
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CHALDEA PUNISHED; ISRAEL REDEEMED...
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1-7 The king of Babylon was kind to Jeremiah, yet the prophet must
foretell the ruin of that kingdom. If our friends are God's enemies,
we dare not speak peace to them. The destruction of Babylon is s...
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ALL THAT FOUND THEM HAVE DEVOURED THEM: as they are in the condition
of lost sheep, so they have been under the fate of lost sheep, which
every dog, fox, wolf devours. And those that are their enemies...
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Jeremiah 50:7 found H4672 (H8802) devoured H398 (H8804) adversaries
H6862 said H559 (H8804) offended H816 (H8799) sinned H2398 (H8804)
LORD H3068 habitation H5116 justice H6664 LORD H3068 hope H4723
f...
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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...
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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 50:7 Because their leaders
(“shepherds,” v. Jeremiah 50:6) have led them astray and then
forsaken them, Israel and Judah have been DEVOURED by their foes, all
of whom God has...
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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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1 Timothy 1:1; Daniel 9:16; Daniel 9:6; Isaiah 47:6; Isaiah 56:9;
Isaiah 9:12; Jeremiah 12:7; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah
31:23;...
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Habitation — Some think this is a name here given to God, who indeed
is the habitation of justice, but whether the Chaldeans would call him
so, may be a question. Others therefore think the prepositio...