"Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain."
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Verse Jeremiah 51:25. _O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN_] An epithet which he
applies to the Babylonish government; it is like a _burning_ mountain,
which, by vomiting continual streams of _burning lava_, inunda...
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O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN - A volcano which by its flames and hot
lava-streams “destroys the whole land.”
A BURNT MOUNTAIN - A burned-out mountain, of which the crater alone
remains. Such was Babylon. It...
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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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_O destroying mountain_ For the expression cp. 2 Kings 23:13 R.V. mg.
The figure is not appropriate in a literal sense, as Babylon is
situated in a plain. The sense must be that she towers in supremac...
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BEHOLD, I AM AGAINST THEE, O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN— The Vulgate
renders it more properly, _O corrupting mountain, which corruptest the
whole earth._ Babylon, though seated in a low watery plain, is here...
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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...
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Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD,
which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon
thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a b...
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51:25 destruction, (b-8) Or 'mount of corruption.' see 2 Kings 23:13 ....
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN. — Singularly enough the phrase is the same as
that which is applied in 2 Kings 23:13 to the Mount of Olives, and is
there rendered by the Authorised version as “the Mount of
Cor...
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הִנְנִ֨י אֵלֶ֜יךָ הַ֤ר הַ מַּשְׁחִית֙
נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֔ה הַ מַּשְׁחִ֖ית אֶת
־כָּל ־הָ אָ֑רֶץ וְ...
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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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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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Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying (o) mountain, saith the
LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out my hand
upon thee, and roll thee down from the (p) rocks, and will make t...
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_Mountain. So Babylon is styled in derision. See chap. xxi. 13., and
Isaias i. 10., and xx. 6., and xxii. 1. The city stood on a plain.
Some think that its palace and walls are designated. --- Burnt;...
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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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There is no doubt but that the Prophet speaks of Babylon. But it may
seem strange to call it a mountain, when that city was situated in a
plain, as it is well known; nay, it has no mountains near it....
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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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BEHOLD, I [AM] AGAINST THEE, O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN, SAITH THE LORD,
WHICH DESTROYEST ALL THE EARTH,.... Babylon is called a mountain,
though situated in a plain, because of its high walls, lofty tower...
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Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD,
which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon
thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a...
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_Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain_ Babylon was situate
in a plain, but is called a mountain here, by reason of its
superiority and eminence above all other places; and perhaps also on...
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THE THREAT OF JEHOVAH IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS...
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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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Babylon is not here called _a mountain_ because it was situated upon
any hills or mountains, for it appears from GENESIS 11:2 that it was
situated in a plain, and we read, JEREMIAH 51:13, that it dwel...
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Jeremiah 51:25 destroying H4889 mountain H2022 destroys H7843 (H8688)
earth H776 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 out H5186 (H8804) hand H3027
down H1556 (H8773) rocks H5553 make H5414 (H8804) burnt H831...
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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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O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN
See note 2 on Babylon, (Isaiah 13:1); (Zechariah 4:7);
(_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 13:1). _...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:25 As in Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:44,
Babylon is compared to a great MOUNTAIN that once destroyed others but
will now be destroyed. A volcano may be the basis for the metapho...
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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 A...
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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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2 Peter 3:10; Daniel 4:30; Genesis 11:4; Isaiah 13:2; Jeremiah 25:18;
Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 50:31; Jeremiah 51:20; Jeremiah 51:53;...
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Mountain — Babylon was very high for its power, and greatness, and
had very high walls and towers, that it looked at a distance like an
high rocky mountain. They had destroyed many people. Burnt — Thy...