Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
46. At the noise of the taking of Babylon ] rather, At the tidings (viz. that) Babylon is taken.
among the nations ] no longer merely to the Red Sea (as in Jer 49:21).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 46. At the noise of the taking of Babylon] See Clarke on Jer 49:21. In the forty-ninth chapter, these words are spoken of Nebuchadnezzar; here, of Cyrus. The taking of Babylon was a wonder to all the surrounding nations. It was thought to be impregnable.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
We have much the same spoken with reference to Edom, Jer 49:20. The words are only expressive of the greatness of the destruction of Babylon, which should be such as should make all that part of the world shake, and the noise of it would ring throughout all the nations in that part of the earth.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
46. cry . . . among the nationsInEdom’s case it is, “at the cry the noise thereof was heard inthe Red Sea.” The change implies the wider extent to whichthe crash of Babylon’s downfall shall be heard.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved,…. It being so sudden and unexpected, and so very astonishing:
and the cry is heard among the nations; that Babylon is fallen; which, as applied to mystical Babylon, will be matter of joy to some, and of lamentation to others; see Re 14:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
This is to anticipate an objection; for many might have said, “How can it be, that Babylon should thus fall, on whose monarchy so many and so wide countries are dependent?” As, then, such an event appearing so unreasonable, might occur to them, the Prophet meets the objection, and answers by way of anticipation, that though the earth shook, yet this would surely take place. He shows, at the same time, how great the calamity would be, for it would, by its noise, make the whole world to tremble: it would be thus better known how grievous was to be God’s vengeance on the Babylonians; for it was not to be without the shaking of the whole earth. Now follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
REFLECTIONS
READER! contemplate in this Chapter, what all Scripture proclaims, and all experience in the history of men and things confirm; God’s people must ultimately triumph, and all the enemies of God, and of his Christ, must be destroyed. How little did proud Babylon calculate the dreadful purchase they made when leading Israel into captivity! How little did Egypt suppose, for the deliverance of their poor brick making slaves, Egypt should be destroyed! And how little now, in the present hour, doth mystic Babylon frame an idea, that in one day her ruin will be accomplished. Oh! that the people of God, when racking under chastisement and oppression, would hear the rod, and who hath appointed it: and in their transgressions and unbelief, trace the source of the Lord’s displeasure. But let them not forget, amidst all, that though like lost sheep, as this scripture beautifully describes them, their shepherds have caused them to go astray, yet they are still the sheep of Christ. And in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and both in Jerusalem and Judah, the flocks must pass again under the hands of him that telleth them. Oh! the blessedness, when grace inclines the heart, of doing as the poor Captives from Babylon are described, going and weeping, they shall seek the Lord, and shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, to join themselves to the Lord, in a perpetual covenant that shall not be broken. And as in grace, so in glory, what blessedness will break in upon the soul of all the Lord’s outcasts, which here dwell with Moab, and are constrained to have their habitation in the Babylon of the world, when finally and fully they shall return, and come to the Zion which is above, with songs of everlasting joy upon their heads, when they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Ver. 46. See on Jer 49:21 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 49:21, Isa 14:9, Isa 14:10, Eze 26:18, Eze 31:16, Eze 32:10, Rev 18:9-19
Reciprocal: Psa 99:1 – earth Jer 50:2 – her idols Jer 51:41 – an astonishment Jer 51:54 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 50:46. Earth is moved is a figure of speech and refers to the revolutionary effect upon the world of the report of the downfall of the Babylonian Empire,
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
When the Lord gave the command, the enemy would seize Babylon. The result would be a major upheaval in the affairs of the world, and a cry of surprise from the nations (cf. Rev 18:15-19).