Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:22
A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
A sound of battle [is] in the land,…. In the land of the Chaldeans, as it is expressed in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; the noise of warriors, the clashing of arms, and sound of trumpets, both of the enemy entered into the land, and of the Chaldeans arming themselves in their own defence:
and of great destruction; in the same land; or in Babylon, as Abarbinel supplies it; this is the consequent of the former.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The Prophet continues the same style of speaking, for he says that there would be the voice or the sound of battle Could he rouse up the Medes and the Persians? not indeed by his own power, but here he exalts the efficacy of his doctrine; as though he had said, that the vengeance he denounced on the Babylonians would be in readiness when the time came, as Paul says that the ministers of the gospel had vengeance ready at hand for all those who despised it. We now then see why the Prophet mentions the word battle, and says that breaking, or ruin, would be great in the land. It now follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 50:22 A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
Ver. 22. A sound of battle is in the land. ] Barrites militaris; this is, not the joyful, but the woeful sound; for war is a woe which no words, however wide, can sufficiently set forth. a
a Sequitur executio. – Oecol.
destruction = smash; or, breaking down. Hebrew. shabar. Not the same word as in verses: Jer 50:11, Jer 50:21, Jer 50:26.
Jer 4:19-21, Jer 51:54-56, Isa 21:2-4
Reciprocal: Isa 14:4 – How Jer 4:6 – and a great
Jer 50:22. Sound of battle was a statement both of present fact and a prediction of facts in the near future. The invasion by Persia into Babylon had not occurred in literal fact when the prophet began to write, but the gathering of the military forces of that eastern empire was going on under men destined to overthrow the Babylonians.
Jer 50:22-24. A sound of battle is in the land That is, in the land of Chaldea. How is the hammer of the whole earth broken! That oppressive empire that smote the nations with a continual stroke, as is said Isa 14:6, and brought them under subjection to it. I have laid a snare for thee; and thou art also taken, O Babylon Cyrus took the city by surprise and in an unexpected manner, entering it, by draining the river Euphrates, at a time when the walls were entire, the city full of provisions, and the people in high spirits, and in a state of the utmost security, dreading no such event. According to Herodotus, part of the city was taken before those who dwelt in the midst of it knew any thing about it; so that with propriety they might be said to be caught as in a snare. Because thou hast striven against the Lord The reason of this unexpected ruin coming on this great people was their sinning against the Lord: see Jer 50:14; here called a striving against him, as indeed all sin is.
The sounds of battle and great destruction would fill Babylonia. The nation that had been Yahweh’s hammer to smash so many other nations would be broken itself. It would become an object of horror in the earth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)