Bible Commentary

Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 11. an heifer ] LXX render calves, which is better. that treadeth out the corn] mg. at grass, vocalising (with LXX) the Hebrew differently. The cattle were without … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:11”

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. 10 12. Chaldaea shall be spoiled, because it rejoices in spoiling Israel. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Or, Chaldaea shall become a spoil … for thou wast glad, thou exultedst, ye plunderers of mine heritage. Because … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:10”

For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 9. an assembly of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:9”

Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. 8. Having told of the repentance of Israel, and of their sufferings in the land of exile, the prophet now calls upon them to set out upon their return. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:8”

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. 7. We offend not ] We are not guilty. Cp. Jer 2:3. The enemy’s plea is, Israel is no longer holy to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:7”

My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place. 6. they have turned them away on the mountains ] The consonants of the MT. should be rendered on the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:6”

They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten. 5. thitherward ] Heb. hitherward, shewing that the writer was himself in Palestine. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Thitherward – Hereward; the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:5”

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 4. The overthrow of Babylon shall be the signal for the deliverance and penitent return of the re-united people of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:4”

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. 3. out of the north ] characteristic of Jeremiah, but meaning with him first the Scythians and then the Babylonians, whereas the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:3”

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 2. and set up a standard; publish ] The LXX omit. Cp. for the “standard” Isa 13:2 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 50:2”