Bible Commentary

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 45. go ye out ] See Jer 51:6, Jer 50:8; Isa 52:11. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The fierce anger of the Lord – i. e., against Babylon. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:45”

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. 44. Bel ] See on Jer 50:2. that which he hath swallowed up ] the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:44”

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth [any] son of man pass thereby. 43. a desert ] Cp. Jer 50:12; Jer 50:40. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges A wilderness – Or, a desert of sand. A land wherein – Rather, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:43”

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 42. The sea is come up ] the hostile army arriving in overwhelming force. Cp. Jer 46:7-8, Jer 47:2; Isa 17:12. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:42”

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! 41. Sheshach ] i.e. Babylon. See on Jer 25:26. a desolation ] mg. an astonishment. Cp. Jer 51:43. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Sheshach – Babylon: see the Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:41”

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. 40. lambs rams he-goats ] Cp. Jer 50:27; Isa 34:6. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Lambs … rams … he goats – i. e., all classes of the population (see Isa 34:6 note). Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:40”

In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. 39. While they are exulting over the spoil which they have won from the conquered nations I will prepare a feast for them, inducing a sleep … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:39”

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps. Yell – Or, growl. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible It is uncertain whether this be to be understood of the Medes, making horrible roarings and noises when they took Babylon; or of the Babylonians, who upon the taking of their city … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:38”

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant. 37. heaps ] “Vast ‘heaps’ or mounds, shapeless and unsightly, are scattered at intervals over the entire region where it is certain that Babylon anciently stood.” (Rawl. Anc. Mon. II. 521.) hissing ] See on Jer 18:16. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:37”

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 36. Jehovah replies favourably to the demand for vengeance on Babylon. her sea her fountain ] either the Euphrates (cp. the word “sea” as applied to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:36”