Bible Commentary

Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. 25. O destroying mountain ] For the expression cp. 2Ki 23:13 R.V. mg. The figure is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:25”

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. 24. Babylon, after Jehovah has used it as the instrument by means of which to punish other nations, shall now be itself requited. “In your (the Jews’) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:24”

I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. 23. governors [mg. lieutenants ] and deputies ] Cp. Jer 51:28 ; Jer 51:57; also Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:23”

With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 22. old and young (2Ch36:17). Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:22”

And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider,…. Or, “have broken”: meaning the cavalry of an army, wherein lies its chief strength: and with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:21”

Thou [art] my battle axe [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 20. battle axe ] mg. maul, a war-club, mace. “The Assyrian mace was a short thin weapon, and must either have been made of a very tough wood, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:20”

The portion of Jacob [is] not like them; for he [is] the former of all things: and [Israel is] the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts [is] his name. We had these five verses all in Jer 10:12-16. See there the explication of the several passages in them; the scope of which is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:19”

They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. [See comments on Jer 10:15]. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible As he had called idols a lie, so now in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:18”

Every man is brutish by [his] knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them. Verse 17. Every man is brutish by his knowledge] He is brutish for want of real knowledge; and he is brutish when he acknowledges that an idol … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:17”

When he uttereth [his] voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 16. his voice ] in thunder. Cp. Jer 10:13. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 51:16”