Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:30
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
30. Repeated from Jer 49:26.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See Jer 49:26 where we met with the same words.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
30. (See on Jer49:26).
in the streetsTheBabylonians were so discouraged by having lost some battles that theyretired within their walls and would not again meet Cyrus in thefield.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets,…. Or “surely” f; it is the form of an oath, according to Jarchi Cyrus, when he took Babylon, ordered proclamation to be made that the inhabitants should keep within doors; and that whoever were found in the streets should be put to death g, as doubtless many were:
and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord; as Belshazzar and his guards were h; see Da 5:30; compare with this
Re 19:18.
f “certe”. g Cyropaedia, l. 7. c. 23. h Ibid.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He confirms the same thing, and shows that the destruction of Babylon would be such, that everything valuable would be destroyed. Fall, he says, shall her strong men in the streets; which is worse than if he had said, “They shall fall in battle.” Babylon was so taken that all her armed men were slain in the middle of the city. Cyrus indeed spared, as it has been already said, the common people; but he slew all the chief men and the armed soldiers. As the Babylonians were taken while keeping a feast, as we read in Daniel, hence Jeremiah mentions the streets. He afterwards adds, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(30) Therefore shall her young men fall . . .The verse is reproduced almost literatim from the prophecy against Damascus in Jer. 49:26.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
30. Therefore, etc. Identical with the words used of Damascus in chap.
Jer 49:26.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 50:30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Ver. 30. Therefore shall her young men. ] See on Jer 49:26 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Therefore: Gobrias and Gadates, when they entered Babylon, marched directly to the palace, killing all they met.
her young: Jer 9:21, Jer 18:21, Jer 48:15, Jer 49:26, Jer 51:3, Jer 51:4, Isa 13:15-18
all her: Jer 50:36, Jer 51:56, Jer 51:57, Rev 6:15, Rev 19:18
Reciprocal: Jer 50:35 – upon her princes Dan 7:4 – the wings
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 50:30. This verse is literal and predicts the attack and overthrow of the men in the city of Babylon. The event took place on the night of Belshazzars feast.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Babylon’s young men would die because of fighting in the streets, and her soldiers would fall silent in death (cf. Jer 49:26).