Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:31
Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee.
31, 32. O thou proud one the proud one ] Heb. as mg. ( O Pride and Pride respectively), applied as a proper name to Babylon. With these vv. cp. Jer 21:13 f.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Babylon is here called Pride, just as in Jer 50:21 she was called Double-rebellion.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 31. O thou most proud] zadon. PRIDE in the abstract; proudest of all people.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Babylon is particularly branded for pride, which is the swelling of a mans heart in a self-opinion, caused from something wherein he excelleth, or thinks that he excelleth, another, We have a large account of the pride of Babylon Isa 14:12-14, and particularly of one of their kings, Dan 5:20,21. The sinner exalteth himself against God, and either judgeth himself wiser or moro mighty than he.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
31. most proudliterally,”pride”; that is, man of pride; the king of Babylon.
visitpunish (Jer50:27).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts,…. Or, O “pride”, or O “man of pride” i; intolerably proud, superlatively so, as the kings of Babylon were, as Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar likewise, the present king; so the Targum interprets it of a king,
“behold, I send my fury against thee, O wicked king;”
and is applicable enough to the man of sin, that monster of pride, that exalts himself above all that is called God, or is worshipped, 2Th 2:4; and therefore it is no wonder that the Lord is against him, who resists all that are proud; and woe to him and them that he is against:
for the day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee; in a way of vindictive wrath and justice, for pride and other this; see Jer 50:27.
i Heb. “superbia”, Schmidt; vel “vir superbiae”, Piscator; so Abarbinel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jeremiah, in order more fully to confirm what he had said, again introduces God as the speaker. And we have stated how necessary this was, because he could have hardly gained credit otherwise to his prophecy; but when he introduced God, he removed every doubt. Behold, he says, I am against thee, O proud one He again calls the Babylonians proud, even because they had not been led to war by levity or folly, or vain ambition, but because they had assailed God and men without any reverence and without any regard to humanity.
He says that the time had come, because the faithful would have otherwise interrupted him and said, “How is this, that God so long delays?” That they might then sustain and cherish hope until the time which God had prescribed for his vengeance, he says, that the day had come, and the time of visitation Whenever this mode of speaking occurs, let us know that all the natural instincts of our flesh are checked; for there is no one of us who does not immediately jump to take vengeance when we see the faithful oppressed, when we see many unworthy things done to our brethren, when we see innocent blood shed, and the miserable cruelly treated by the ungodly. When, therefore, all these instances of barbarity happen, none of us can contain himself; hence God puts on us a bridle, and exhorts us to exercise patience, when he says, that the time of visitation is not yet completed.
As long then as God delays, let us know that the fit time is not yet come, because he has a fixed day of visitation, unknown to us. It follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(31) O thou most proud.Literally, O Pride, the prophet using the word (Zadon) as a proper name for Babylon, as he had before used Merathaim and Pekod (Jer. 50:21). It is analogous in its meaning to the Rahab of Isa. 51:9; Psa. 87:4; Psa. 89:10, as the name of Egypt. The word points, perhaps, to the self-exaltation of Nebuchadnezzar as embodying that of his people (Dan. 4:30).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 50:31 Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee.
Ver. 31. Behold, I am against thee, O most proud. ] Heb., O pride, in the abstract – i.e., O Belshazzar; as of a certain Pope was said,
“ Conditur hoc tumulo et scelus et vitium. ”
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I am: Jer 21:13, Jer 51:25, Eze 5:8, Eze 29:3, Eze 29:9, Eze 29:10, Eze 38:3, Eze 39:1, Nah 2:13, Nah 3:5
O thou: Jer 50:29, Jer 50:32, Jer 48:29, Jer 49:16, Job 40:11, Job 40:12, Dan 4:30, Dan 4:31, Hab 2:4, Hab 2:5, Jam 4:6, 1Pe 5:5
most proud: Heb. pride
for: Jer 50:27
Reciprocal: Psa 94:2 – render Isa 2:11 – lofty Isa 14:6 – is persecuted Isa 25:11 – he shall bring Isa 26:5 – the lofty Isa 47:8 – I am Jer 51:6 – for this Jer 51:13 – thine Jer 51:53 – from Lam 1:21 – they shall Eze 13:8 – behold Eze 21:3 – Behold Eze 26:3 – I am Eze 28:22 – I am against Eze 34:10 – I am Rev 18:8 – for
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 50:31. One way that pride is manifested is in being stubborn or rebellious against admonition, The prophet Daniel (Dan 5:22-23) charged this fatal conduct against the king of Babylon who had called for him on that noted occasion of the Chaldean downfall, while interpreting the writing on the wall.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Yahweh Almighty announced His antagonism against Babylon for her arrogance. She was pride personified-the Arrogant One-the epitome of arrogance. The time for her punishment had arrived. The proud Chaldeans would trip and fall-hardly a desirable action for the arrogant-and none would help them up. The Lord would burn down their cities and consume their outlying areas.