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Verse Jeremiah 51:30. _THE MIGHTY MEN - HAVE FORBORNE TO FIGHT_] They
were panic-struck when they found the Medes and Persians within their
walls, and at once saw that resistance was useless....
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HAVE FORBORN TO FIGHT - Or, have ceased to fight: in despair when they
saw that the conflict was hopeless.
HOLDS - The word properly means an acropolis, and so any inaccessible
place of refuge.
THEY...
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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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THE MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew pi. of _gibbor._ App-14....
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Description of the capture of Babylon.
_they are become as women_ Cp. Jeremiah 50:37....
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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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The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained
in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they
have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
THE MIG...
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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THE MIGHTY MEN OF BABYLON HAVE FOR BORN TO FIGHT. — The verses that
follow paint the capture of the city by the stratagem related in the
Note on Jeremiah 50:24. Those who “have burned” are, of course,...
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חָדְלוּ֩ גִבֹּורֵ֨י בָבֶ֜ל לְ
הִלָּחֵ֗ם יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ בַּ †
מְּצָדֹ֔ות נָשְׁתָ֥ה גְבוּרָתָ֖ם
הָי֣וּ לְ נָשִׁ֑ים...
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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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_Bars, fastening the gates. (Calmet) --- Those who entered by the
channel of the river, would seize the gates to let their companions
enter. (Haydock)_...
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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 shows here, as by the finger, the manner of the
destruction of Babylon, such as it is described by heathen authors. He
then says, that the _valiant _men _of Babylon, _even those who had
be...
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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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THE MIGHTY MEN OF BABYLON HAVE FORBORNE TO FIGHT,.... Or, "ceased from
fighting" h for it seems, upon Cyrus's first coming, the king of
Babylon and his army gave him battle; but being overthrown, they...
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The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in
[their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they
have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Ver. 30....
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_The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight: they have
remained_, &c. “The year before the siege of Babylon, Cyrus
overthrew Belshazzar in battle, whereupon his army retreated within
the walls,...
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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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When God hath determined an end, he ordereth means proportionable to
that end. Babylon had many valiant and mighty men, and it is very
probable the Babylonians trusted very much to them; but when it c...
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Jeremiah 51:30 men H1368 Babylon H894 ceased H2308 (H8804) fighting
H3898 (H8736) remained H3427 (H8804) strongholds H4679 might H1369
failed H5405 (H8804) women H802 burned H3341 (H8689) places H4908...
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THE BABYLONIAN RESPONSE (JEREMIAH 51:30).
As already mentioned Gobryas, the Persian general, took the city of
Babylon by stealth, having diverted the water course that led into the
city, thus being 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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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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Amos 1:5; Isaiah 13:7; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 19:16; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah
45:2; Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 50:36; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:32;...