Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
27. her bullocks ] her choice youths, the flower of her army. Cp. for the figure Isa 34:7. For the expression “go down to the slaughter” cp. Jer 48:15, and for “the time of their visitation” Jer 46:21.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Her bullocks – Her strong youths.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 27. Slay all her bullocks] Princes, magistrates, &c., &c.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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bullocks in this place interpreters generally understand the great and rich men of Babylon.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
27. bullocksthat is, princesand strong warriors (Jer 46:21;Psa 22:12; Isa 34:7).
go down to . . .slaughterThe slaughterhouses lay low beside the river;therefore it is said, “go down”; appropriate to Babylon onthe Euphrates, the avenue through which the slaughterers entered thecity.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Slay all her bullocks,…. Or, “all her mighty ones”, as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version; her princes and great men, as Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel; compared to bullocks for their strength, fatness, and fierceness; see Ps 22:12; this may well be applied to the slaughter of kings, captains, and mighty men, at the battle of Armageddon, Re 19:18;
let them go down to the slaughter; to the place slaughter, as oxen do, insensible, and whether they will or not:
woe unto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation; the time of their destruction, of visiting or punishing them for their sins, appointed by the Lord, which they could not pass; and so a woeful and dreadful time to them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He goes on with the same subject; he bids the Persians and the Medes to slay every strong man in Chaldea; for by bullocks he no doubt means by a metaphor all those who excelled in strength, or in power, or in wealth. The sum of what he says is, that the vengeance of which he now speaks, would not only be against the common people, but also against the highest and the choicest among them. He includes then the nobles as well as all the men of war; for he refers not only to strength of body, but also to power and authority.
Slay, then, he says, all her bullocks, that is, whatever is most valued in Chaldea: that was to perish when the day of vengeance came. (69) He afterwards says, let them descend to the slaughter We must ever bear in mind what I have said, that the Prophet gave orders as though he had the Medes and the Persians under his own hand and authority, because the whole world is subject to God’s word. He says, Woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their visitation This was added, because the faithful might have disputed with themselves and said, “How can it be that Babylon should perish so quickly?” For God seemed to have favored that monarchy for a long time, as though he intended to protect it perpetually. Hence the Prophet speaks here of the time of visitation, so that the faithful might not doubt respecting this prophecy, because God had not as yet put forth his band. He then reminded them that God has his fixed times, and that he does not every day visit nations, that is, that he does not execute his judgments every moment, but at the time which he has appointed. Whenever, then, the ungodly securely exult and triumph, let us ever remember this truth, that the time is not yet come for God to execute his judgment; how so? because there is a fixed time of visitation, and that is dependent on God’s will. Let us then learn to bear patiently all our trials until it shall please God to show that he is the judge of the world. It follows,—
(69) The Sept. and Syr. take פרי here as signifying fruit, i.e., of the womb — children, offspring; and what is said in Isa 13:16, favours this meaning, as well as what is said in Jer 50:21, if we render אחריהם, “their posterity.” The Vulg. and the Targ. render the word here “valiants,” expressing the meaning of “bullocks.” The first version is the most suitable, —
Slay ye all her fruit (or offspring;) Let them descend to the slaughter.
It is descending to the slaughter that led critics to render פרי bullocks, but we find this expression unconnected with bullocks in Jer 48:15; where “chosen young men” are said to “descend to the slaughter.” To descend denotes degradation, and to ascend dignity. The Targ. has, “Let them be delivered to the slaughter.” — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(27) Slay all her bullocks.The words are probably to be taken figuratively of the captains and men of war of Babylon, as in Psa. 22:12; Isa. 34:7; Jer. 48:15 (see Note), and Jer. 51:40.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
27. Bullocks Her warlike young men, the flower of her population.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 50:27. Slay all her bullocks The Vulgate and Chaldee have explained the sense of this figure by rendering it, her strong men.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jer 50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Ver. 27. Slay all her bullocks. ] Heb., Sword them, sheath your swords in their sides. See Jer 50:24 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
visitation. See note on “Pekod”, Jer 50:21.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
bullocks: Jer 50:11, Jer 46:21, Psa 22:12, Isa 34:7, Eze 39:17-20, Rev 19:17
their day: Jer 50:31, Jer 27:7, Jer 48:44, Psa 37:13, Lam 1:21, Eze 7:5-7, Rev 16:17-19, Rev 18:10
Reciprocal: Isa 13:15 – General Isa 14:22 – I will Isa 21:12 – The morning Isa 34:6 – the Lord hath Isa 43:14 – For Isa 47:3 – I will take Jer 11:23 – the year Jer 12:3 – pull Jer 23:12 – the year Jer 48:15 – gone Jer 50:35 – upon her princes Jer 51:3 – spare Jer 51:13 – thine Jer 51:40 – General Jer 51:54 – General Eze 39:18 – of bullocks Amo 4:1 – ye kine
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 50:27. Bullocks (or bulls) is used figuratively in the Bible where the connection shows it means warriors or other strong men (Psa 22:12), Hence the strong men of Baby-lon were to be sacrificed to the vengeance of God and tbe Persians were to preside at the service. Time of their visitation means the visiting upon them of the punishment decreed by the Lord.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
50:27 Slay all her {x} bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their judgment.
(x) Her princes and mighty men.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The young leaders of the nation would die like bulls in a timely sacrifice. Fugitives and refugees would return to Zion from Babylon with word that Yahweh had taken revenge for the destruction of His temple.