Bible Commentary

Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee. 31, 32. O thou proud one the proud one ] Heb. as mg. ( O Pride and Pride respectively), applied as a proper name to Babylon. With these … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:31”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:30”

Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. 29. the archers ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:29”

The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 28. them that flee ] the liberated Jews. the vengeance of his temple ] the requital for having burned it in their final capture of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:28”

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 27. her bullocks ] her choice youths, the flower of her army. Cp. for the figure Isa 34:7. For the expression “go down to the slaughter” cp. Jer 48:15, and for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:27”

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. 26. from the utmost border ] better, as mg. from every quarter. Heb. lit. “from the end.” storehouses ] better, as mg. granaries. cast her up as heaps ] “her” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:26”

The LORD hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this [is] the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 25. the weapons of his indignation ] used also in Isa 13:5 of the nations who unconsciously discharge God’s bidding in war. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:25”

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. I have laid a snare for thee – Babylon, the impregnable, was taken (according to Herodotus) by Cyrus by stratagem. Having diverted the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:24”

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 23. the hammer ] For the figure cp. Jer 23:29, and for its application to Babylon Jer 51:20-23. Cp. for the title, as given in later days, Charles Martel (hammer), who was grandfather of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:23”

A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction. A sound of battle [is] in the land,…. In the land of the Chaldeans, as it is expressed in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; the noise of warriors, the clashing of arms, and sound of trumpets, both of the enemy entered into the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:22”