Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor [cities] thereof, saith the LORD; [so] shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Verse 40. As God overthrew Sodom] As the very ground on which these cities stood, with all the plain, now lies under the Dead Sea; so Babylon and the adjacent country shall be rendered totally barren and unfruitful, and utterly incapable of being inhabited. And this is the fact concerning both countries. See Jer 49:18.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The substance of both these verses is, that Babylon should be totally ruined, as Sodom and Gomorrah, so as there should be no habitations for men, but wild beasts only of all sorts should inhabit and lodge in it. The fulfilling of this we have not in holy writ, only the beginning of its accomplishment, it being taken by Cyrus, who only made them tributaries, and took away their government. But they rebelling against the emperor of the Medes, Darius Hystaspes, a succeeding emperor, pulled down their walls. And about two hundred and fifty years after Seleucus Nicenor, a Grecian prince, the Medes being before conquered by Alexander the Great, utterly destroyed Babylon, so as in the time of Hadrian the Roman emperor there was nothing left standing of that great city but some pieces of walls.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
40. (Isa13:19). Repeated from Jer49:18.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour [cities] thereof, saith the Lord,…. Admah and Zeboim:
[so] shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein; the same is said concerning Edom; [See comments on Jer 49:18].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
This verse confirms and explains the previous verse. But that the design of the Prophet may be more evident, we must remember what Jude in his epistle (Jud 1:7) says, that the destruction of Sodom is as it were a mirror in which we behold God’s vengeance on all the ungodly. God overthrew Sodom; but he does not proceed in the same way with other lands and nations; yet the same is the lot of all the unbelieving, of the despisers of God, and reprobates; for they are exposed to his vengeance, which they cannot escape, though it may be for a time suspended. When, therefore, the Prophet says now that Babylon would be overthrown, as Sodom was overthrown, he does not mean that this would be after seventy years, when taken by Cyrus and Darius, nor when retaken after its revolt, nor when taken by Alexander; for it remained a long time after this, even to the reign of Augustus Caesar. As, then, it has been so, it follows that our Prophet does not speak of its first, second, or third assault, but that he had in view what I have already stated, — that when God summons the wicked to judgment, it is a certain prelude of eternal and final destruction. His way with the godly is another; for though God may sink them down to the grave, nay, to the center of the earth, yet hope is still left them; hence their death is never like the destruction of Sodom. And to the same purpose is what we have already quoted from Isaiah,
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Except a seed had been left us, we should have been as Sodom, and like to Gomorrah.” (Isa 1:9)
That exception shows the difference between God’s children and the reprobate, even because he often delivers them from ruin.
We now then understand the Prophet’s meaning when he says that Babylon would become desolate and solitary, so that no one would dwell there, nor remain; (77) and that from age to age, or from generation to generation.
Moreover, we learn from what is here said, that the unbelieving are overwhelmed with despair even under the least punishment, because they see nothing but the vengeance of God; for though God does not immediately slay them, yet the least puncture denotes what impends over them; nay, he inflicts a deadly wound when he seems only to touch them lightly. There is then only one consolation, which can sustain us in our miseries, even to know that we are separated from the Sodomites through the mercy of God alone; because we have deserved the same destruction, and the Lord has spared us according to his infinite goodness. This, then, is the meaning, It follows, —
(77) Rather “ sojourn, ” according to the Sept. — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(40) As God overthrew Sodom . . .The whole verse is reproduced from Jer. 49:18. We enter here, indeed, upon a mosaic of quotations, or at least recollections of other prophecies. Thus Jer. 50:41-43 are taken from Jer. 6:22-24, Babylon being substituted for Zion, and the king of Babylon for we; Jer. 50:44-46 from Jer. 49:19-21, with the necessary substitutions of Babylon for Edom, the Chaldeans for Teman, among the nations for in the Red sea. The reader is referred accordingly to the Notes on those passages. The reproduction in identical terms is probably connected with the thoughts of the retribution, on which the prophet dwells in Jer. 50:15. All that she had done Babylon was now to suffer.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour [cities] thereof, saith the LORD; [so] shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Ver. 40. As God overthrew Sodom. ] See Isa 13:19 Jer 49:18 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
overthrew, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 19:25). App-92. Compare Jer 49:18.
man. Hebrew ‘Ish. App-14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jer 49:18, Jer 51:26, Gen 19:24, Gen 19:25, Deu 29:23, Isa 1:9, Isa 13:19, Isa 13:20, Hos 11:8, Hos 11:9, Amo 4:11, Zep 2:9, Luk 17:28-30, 2Pe 2:6, Jud 1:7, Rev 11:8, Rev 18:8, Rev 18:9
Reciprocal: Isa 13:9 – cruel Isa 14:23 – make Isa 27:7 – he smitten Isa 34:13 – an habitation Jer 25:12 – perpetual Jer 49:33 – a dwelling Jer 51:29 – every Jer 51:43 – cities Jer 51:62 – to cut Eze 16:50 – therefore Luk 17:29 – General Rom 9:29 – we had been Rev 18:2 – become
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 50:40. This verse emphasizes the preceding one by comparing Babylon to the city of Sodom in its complete desolation. The site of that wicked city and its neighbors became the Dead Sea because of the extent of territory involved, but the condition was the same as that of Babylon in that no human being could live there.