Jeremiah 51
1 The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel.59 Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon. I will.50:9,14-16,21; Isa 13:3-5; Am 3:6midst. Heb. heart. rise.50:24,29,33; Zec 2:8; Ac 9:4a destroying wind.4:11,12; 49:36; 2Ki 19:7; Eze 19:12; Ho 13:15 fanners.15:7; Isa 41:16; Eze 5:12; Mt 3:12in the day.27,28; 50:14,15,29,32 let the.50:14,41,42brigandine.46:4spare.9:21; 50:27,30; De 32:25; Ps 137:9; Isa 13:10-18; Jas 2:13destroy.50:21 thrust.49:26; 50:30,37; Isa 13:15; 14:19 Israel.33:24-26; 46:28; 50:4,5,20; 1Sa 12:22; 1Ki 6:13; Ezr 9:9; Ps 94:14Isa 44:21; 49:14,15; 54:3-11; 62:12; Ho 1:10; Am 9:8,9; Ro 11:1,2nor.Zec 2:12; 12:6,8though.16:18; 19:4; 23:15; 31:37; 2Ki 21:16; Eze 8:17; 9:9; 22:24-31; Ho 4:1Mic 7:18,20; Zep 3:1-4 Flee.9,45,50; 50:8,28; Isa 48:20; Zec 2:6,7; Re 18:4be not.Ge 19:15-17; Nu 16:26; Pr 13:20; 1Ti 5:22for this.11; 27:7; 46:10; 50:8,15,28,31; De 32:25,41,43; Re 16:19; 18:5,6he will render.25:14,16 a golden.Isa 14:4; Da 2:32,38; Re 17:4the nations.25:9,14-27; Da 3:1-7; Hab 2:15,16; Re 14:8; 17:2; 18:3,23; 19:2are mad.25:16; 50:38 suddenly.41; 50:2; Isa 21:9; 47:9; Re 14:8; 18:2,8howl.48:20,31; Isa 13:6,7; Eze 27:30-32; 30:2; Da 5:24,31; Re 18:9-11Re 18:17-19take balm.8:22; 30:12-15; 46:11; Na 3:19 forsake.8:20; 46:16,21; 50:16; Isa 13:14; 47:15; Mt 25:10-13her judgment.2Ch 28:9; Ezr 9:6; Da 4:20-22; Re 18:5 brought.Ps 37:6; Mic 7:9,10let us.31:6-9; 50:28; Ps 9:14; 102:19-21; 116:18,19; 126:1-3; Isa 40:2Isa 51:11; 52:9,10; Re 14:1-3; 19:1-6 Make.46:4,9; 50:9,14,25,28,29; Isa 21:5bright. Heb. pure. the Lord hath.27,28; 1Ki 11:14,23; 1Ch 5:26; 2Ch 36:22; Ezr 1:1; Isa 10:26; 13:17Isa 13:18; 21:2; 41:25; 45:1,5; 46:11; Re 17:16,17the spirit.Of Cyaxares king of Media, called "Darius the Mede" in scripture; and of Cyrus his nephew, king of persia, presumptive heir of the throne of his uncle. his device.12,29; 50:45the vengeance.24,35; 50:15,28; Ps 74:3-11; 83:3-9; Hab 2:17-20; Zec 12:2,3Zec 14:2,12 the standard.46:3-5; Pr 21:30; Isa 8:9,10; 13:2; Joe 3:2,9-14; Na 2:1; 3:14,15ambushes. Heb. liers in wait.Jos 8:14the Lord hath both.11,29; La 2:17 dwellest.36; Re 17:1,15abundant.50:37; Isa 45:3; Hab 2:5-10; Re 18:11-17thine.17:11; 50:27,31; Ge 6:13; La 4:18; Eze 7:2-12; Da 5:26; Am 8:21Pe 4:7and the.Hab 2:9-11; Lu 12:19-21; 2Pe 2:3,14,15; Jude 1:11-13; Re 18:19 sworn.49:13; Am 6:8; Heb 6:13himself. Heb. his soul. as with.46:23; Jud 6:5; Joe 1:4-7; 2:3,4,25; Na 3:15-17lift up. Heb. utter.50:15 hath made.10:12-16; 32:17; Ge 1:1-6; Ps 107:25; 146:5,6; 148:1-5; Isa 40:26Ac 14:15; 17:24; Ro 1:20; Col 1:16,17; Heb 1:2,3; Re 4:11by his wisdom.Ps 104:24; 136:5; Pr 3:19; Ro 11:33and hath.Job 9:8; Ps 104:2; Isa 40:22; 42:5; 44:24; 45:12; 48:13; 51:13 he uttereth.10:12,13; Job 37:2-11; 40:9; Ps 18:13; 29:3-10; 46:6; 68:33; 104:7Eze 10:5there is.Job 36:26-33; 37:13; 38:34-38; Ps 135:7; Am 9:7multitude. or, noise. and he causeth.Ps 135:7bringeth.Ge 8:1; Ex 10:13,19; 14:21; Job 38:22; Ps 78:26; 135:7; 147:18Jon 1:4; 4:8; Mt 8:26,27 Every.10:14; Ps 14:2; 53:1,2; 92:5,6; 115:5,8; 135:18; Isa 44:18-20Ro 1:20-23; 1Co 1:19-21brutish by his knowledge. or, more brutish than to know.for his. 10:14; 50:2; Ps 135:17; Hab 2:18,19 vanity.10:8,15; Jon 2:8; Ac 14:15in the.43:12,13; 46:25; 48:7; 50:2; Ex 12:12; Isa 19:1; 46:1; Zep 2:11 portion.10:16; Ps 16:5; 73:26; 115:3; La 3:24the former.15the rod.12:7-10; 50:11; Ex 19:5,6; De 32:9; Ps 33:12; 74:2; 135:4; 1Pe 2:9the Lord.10:16; Isa 47:4 art.50:23; Isa 10:5,15; 13:5; 14:5,6; 37:26; 41:15,16; Mic 4:13Zec 9:13,14; Mt 22:7with thee. or, in thee, or, by thee. break.25:9,11; 27:5-7 50:37; Ex 15:1,21; Ps 46:9; 76:6; Eze 39:20; Mic 5:10; Na 2:13Hag 2:22; Zec 10:5; 12:4; Re 19:18 6:11; De 32:25; 1Sa 15:3; 2Ch 36:17; Isa 20:4; La 2:11; Eze 9:6 23 11,35,49; 50:15,17,18,28,29,33,34; Ps 137:8,9; Isa 47:6-9Isa 51:22,23; 61:2; 63:1-4; 66:6; 1Th 2:15,16; Re 6:10; 18:20,24Re 19:2-4 I am.50:31O destroying.53,58; Ge 11:4; Isa 13:2; Da 4:30; Zec 4:7which destroyest.7,20-23; 25:9,18-27; Re 8:8; 17:1-6and will.2Pe 3:10; Re 8:8; 18:9,10 shall not.37,43; 50:12,13; Isa 13:19-22; 14:23desolate for ever. Heb. everlasting desolations.50:40,41; Isa 34:8-17; Re 18:20-24 ye up.12; 6:1; 50:2,41; Isa 13:2-5; 18:3; Am 3:6; Zec 14:2prepare.25:14Ararat.Bochart reasonably concludes Ararat and Minni to be the greater and lesser Armenia; and Ashchenaz he thinks formed part of Phrygia near the Hellespont, part of that country being called Ascania by Homer. Cyrus had conquered Armenia, defeated Croesus king of Lydia, (B.C. 548,) and subdued several nations from the Egean sea to the Euphrates, before he marched against Babylon; and Xenophon also informs us that there were not only Armenians, but both Phrygians and Cappadocians in the army of Cyrus. Ge 8:4Ashchenaz.Ge 10:3Ashkenaz.1Ch 1:6cause.14; 46:23; 50:41,42; Jud 6:5; Joe 2:2,3; Na 3:15-17; Re 9:7-11After Cyrus had been the instrument in the hands of God of taking Babylon, he marched against Tomyris, queen of the Massagetæ, a Scythian nation, and was totally defeated, (B.C. 530.) The victorious queen, who had lost her son in a previous battle, was so incensed against Cyrus, that she cut off his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with human blood, exclaiming, "Sattia te sanguine, quem sitisti." the kings.11; 25:25; Ge 10:2; 1Ch 1:5Madia.Es 1:3; 10:2; Isa 13:17; 21:2; Da 5:28-30; 6:8; 8:3,4,20; 9:1 the land.8:16; 10:10; 50:36,43; Isa 13:13,14; 14:16; Joe 2:10; Am 8:8every.11,12,43,62-64; 50:13,39,40,45; Isa 13:19,20; 14:23,24; 46:10,11Isa 47:1-15; Re 18:2,21-24 The mighty.Accordingly, the Babylonians, after the loss of a battle or two, never recovered their courage to the face the enemy in the field, they retired within their walls; and the first time that Cyrus came with his army before the place he could not provoke them to venture forth, though he challenged the king to fight a duel with him; and the last time he came he consulted with his officers respecting the best mode of carrying on the siege "since," said he, "they do not come out to fight." 32,57; 48:41; 50:36,37; Ps 76:5; Isa 13:7,8; 19:16; Na 3:13Re 18:10her bars.50:36; *marg:Ps 107:16; 147:13; Isa 45:1,2; La 2:9; Am 1:5; Na 3:13 post.4:20; 50:24; 1Sa 4:12-18; 2Sa 18:19-31; 2Ch 30:6; Es 3:13-15Es 8:10,14; Job 9:25to shew.50:43; Isa 21:3-9; 47:11-13; Da 5:2-5,30 the passages.50:38; Isa 44:27the men.30; 50:37 is like.Isa 21:10; 41:15,16; Am 1:3; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12it is time to thresh her. or, in the time that he threshethher. the time. Isa 17:5-11; 18:5; Ho 6:11; Joe 3:13; Mt 13:30,39; Re 14:15-20 the king.49; 39:1-8; 50:7,17; La 1:1,14,15he hath made.48:11,12; Isa 24:1-3; 34:11; Na 2:2,9,10swallowed.44; Job 20:15; Pr 1:12; La 2:16; Eze 36:3; Am 8:4; Mt 23:14 The violence. Heb. My violence.50:29; Jud 9:20,24,56,57; Ps 9:12; 12:5; 137:8,9; Isa 26:20,21Zec 1:15; Mt 7:2; Jas 2:13; Re 6:10; 16:6; 18:6,20flesh. or, remainder. inhabitant. Heb. inhabitress. I will plead. See on ch.50:33,34; Ps 140:12; Pr 22:23; 23:11; Isa 43:14; 47:6-9; 49:25,26Mic 7:8-10; Hab 2:8-17take.De 32:35,43; Ps 94:1-3; Ro 12:19; Heb 10:30,31; Re 19:1-3and I will.50:38; Ps 107:33; Isa 44:27; Re 16:12 become.25,26,29; 25:9,12,18; 50:12,13,23-26,38-40; Isa 13:19-22; 14:23Isa 34:8-17; Re 18:2,21-23an hissing.18:16; 19:8; 29:18; 2Ch 29:8; La 2:15,16; Mic 6:16; Zep 2:15 roar.2:15; Job 4:10,11; Ps 34:10; 58:6; Isa 35:9; Na 2:11-13; Zec 11:3yell. or, shake themselves.Jud 16:20 their heat.25:27; Isa 21:4,5; 22:12-14; Da 5:1-4,30; Na 1:10; 3:11and sleep.57; Ps 13:3; 76:5,6 50:27; Ps 37:20; 44:22; Isa 34:6; Eze 39:18 Sheshach.Sheshach was probably an idol worshipped at Babylon, from which the city derived this name; and the festival which was held when the city was taken, when they were heated with wine, was perhaps observed in honour of it. 25:26; Da 5:1-3the praise.49:25; 50:23; Isa 13:19; 14:4; Da 2:38; 4:22,30; 5:4,5; Re 18:10-19an astonishment.37; 50:46; De 28:37; 2Ch 7:21; Eze 27:35 Ps 18:4,16; 42:7; 65:7; 93:3; Isa 8:7,8; Eze 27:26-34; Da 9:26Lu 21:25; Re 17:15,16 cities.29,37; 50:39,40a land.2:6; Isa 13:20; Eze 29:10,11 I will punish.18,47; 50:2; Isa 46:1,2I will bring.34; 2Ch 36:7; Ezr 1:7; Da 1:2; 5:2-4,26the nations.Isa 2:2; 60:5; Da 3:2,3,29; 4:1,22; 5:19,31; Re 18:9-19the wall.53,58 go.6,9,50; 50:8; Isa 48:20; Zec 2:7; Re 14:8-11; 18:4deliver.Ge 19:12-16; Nu 16:26; Ac 2:40; 2Co 6:17 lest. or, let not.2Ki 19:7; Mt 24:6-8; Mr 13:7,8; Lu 21:9-19,28a rumour shall.Isa 13:3-5; 21:2,3ruler against.Jud 7:22; 1Sa 14:16-20; 2Ch 20:23; Isa 19:2 I will.52; 50:2; Isa 21:9; 46:1,2do judgment upon. Heb. visit upon.18; 11:22; 13:21; 23:34; 25:12; *marginsher whole.24,43; 50:12-16,35-40 the heaven.10; Ps 58:10,11; Pr 11:10; Isa 44:23; 48:20; 49:13; Re 15:1-4Re 16:4-7; 18:20; 19:1-7the spoilers.11; 50:3,9,41 As Babylon, etc. or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain ofIsrael and with Babylon shall fall the slain of all the country. hath. 10,11,24,35; 50:11,17,18,29,33,34; Jud 1:7; Ps 137:8,9; Mt 7:2Jas 2:13; Re 18:5,6 escaped.6,45; 31:21; 44:28; 50:8; Isa 48:20; 51:11; 52:2,11,12; Zec 2:7-9Re 18:4remember.29:12-14; De 4:29-31; 30:1-4; Ezr 1:3-5; Ne 1:2-4; 2:3-5Ps 102:13,14; 137:5,6; Da 9:2,3,16-19Jerusalem.Ps 122:6 are confounded.3:22-25; 31:19; Ps 74:18-21; 79:4,12; 123:3,4; 137:1-3; La 2:15-17La 5:1; Eze 36:30shame.3:25; 14:3; Ps 44:13-16; 69:7-13; 71:13; 109:29; Eze 7:18; Mic 7:10for strangers.52:13; Ps 74:3-7; 79:1; La 1:10; 2:20; Eze 7:21,22; 9:7; 24:21Da 8:11-14; 9:26,27; 11:31; Re 11:1,2 that I.47; 50:38her graven images.This was verified when Xerxes destroyed all the temples of Babylon, B.C. 479. the wounded.Isa 13:15,16; Eze 30:24; Da 5:30,31 mount.25,58; 49:16; Ge 11:4; Ps 139:8-10; Isa 14:12-15; 47:5,7Eze 31:9-11; Da 4:30; Am 9:4; Ob 1:3,4from.1-4,11,48; 50:9,10,21,25,31-34,45; Isa 10:6,7; 13:2-5,17Isa 41:25; 45:1-5 48:3-5; 50:22,27,43,46; Isa 13:6-9; 15:5; Zep 1:10; Re 18:17-19 destroyed.38,39; 25:10; 50:10-15; Isa 15:1; 24:8-11; 47:5; Re 18:22,23her waves.Ps 65:7; 93:3,4; Isa 17:13; Eze 26:3; Lu 21:25; Re 17:15 the spoiler.48; 50:10; Isa 21:2; Hab 2:8; Re 17:16her mighty.30; 50:36every.49:35; Ge 49:24; 1Sa 2:4; Ps 37:15; 46:9; 76:3; Eze 39:3,9the Lord.6,24; 50:28,29; De 32:35; Ps 94:1,2; 137:8; Isa 34:8; 35:4; 59:182Th 1:6; Re 18:5,6,20; 19:2 I will.39; 25:27; Isa 21:4,5; Da 5:1-4,30,31; Na 1:10; Hab 2:15-17Re 18:6,7,9sleep a.Ps 76:5,6; Isa 37:36the king.46:18; 48:15; Mal 1:14 The broad walls of Babylon. or, The walls of broad Babylon.According to the testimony of Herodotus, the circumference of the walls of Babylon was 480 stadia, or 60 miles, their breadth 50 cubits, and their height 200 cubits; but when Darius became master of the place, B.C. 516, he took away all their 100 gates of brass, and beat down their walls to 50 cubits; and now not a vestige of these immense fortifications remains, to mark the site of this once mighty city! 44; 50:15broken. or, made naked. high gates.30; Isa 45:1,2the people.9,64; Ps 127:1; Isa 65:23; Hab 2:13 Neriah.32:12; 36:4; 45:1with. or, on the behalf of. quiet prince. or, prince ofMenucha, or chief chamberlain. 30:2,3; 36:2-4,32; Isa 8:1-4; 30:8; Da 12:4; Hab 2:2,3; Re 1:11,19 and shalt see.Mt 24:1; Mr 13:1read.29:1,2; Col 4:16; 1Th 4:18; 5:27; Re 1:3 to cut.25,26,29,37; 50:3,13,39,40; Isa 13:19-22; 14:22,23; Re 18:20-23desolation. Heb. desolations.25:9,12; Eze 35:9 thou shalt bind.This was the emblem of its overthrow and irretrievable ruin; and the same emblem is employed in Re 18:21, to denote the utter ruin of mystical Babylon. 19:10,11; Re 18:21 Thus shall.42; 25:27; Na 1:8,9; Re 14:8; 18:2,21they shall.58; Hab 2:13; Ps 76:12Thus far.Job 31:40; Ps 72:20
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