耶利米書 50:14-16 RCUVTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 50:9-20

God is here by his prophet, as afterwards in his providence, proceeding in his controversy with Babylon. Observe, I. The commission and charge given to the instruments that were to be employed in destroying Babylon. The army that is to do it is called an assembly of great nations (Jer. 50:9), the Medes and Persians, and all their allies and auxiliaries; it is called an assembly, because regularly formed by the divine will and counsel to do this execution. God will raise them up to do it, will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:14

Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about ,.... This is directed to the Medes and Persians, to dispose of their army in proper places round about the city of Babylon, to besiege it; and to order their instruments of war, fit for that purpose, a convenient manner; since they might be sure of victory, the Lord being wroth with it, and having so severely threatened its ruin: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows ; the Elamites, or Persians, as before observed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:15

Shout against her round about ,.... As soldiers do when they make an assault upon a place, to encourage one another, and dismay the besieged; just as the Israelites did when they surrounded Jericho: she hath given her hand ; submitted to the conqueror, and sued for mercy. The Targum is, "she is delivered into her hand;' the hand of the Persians, by two princes of Babylon, who went off to Cyrus, and showed him how to take the city; or rather it was delivered by Zopyrus into the hands... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:16

Cut off the sower from in Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest ,.... Both sower and reaper: the walls of Babylon took in a large compass of land, where there were corn fields; and which, as Curtius F19 Hist. l. 5. c. 1. observes, would yield a sufficiency to hold out a siege against an enemy; but being taken, the husbandman would not be spared, as used to be, but should be cut off, and so none to till the ground, or to reap what was upon it; and thus, in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:15

Shout against her round about - Encompass her with lines and with troops; let none go in with relief, none come out to escape from her ruin. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:16

Cut off the sower - Destroy the gardens and the fields, that there may be neither fruits nor tillage. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:14

Verse 14 The Prophet now turns to address the Medes and Persians, and instigates them, in the name of God, to destroy Babylon. We have already said, why the Prophets assume authority over all nations, even that they might show that God’s power is connected with his word. For men do not easily apprehend the efficacy of God’s word, and think that the air is to no purpose beaten by an empty sound. Hence the Prophets show that God has his hand extended whenever he speaks, so that nothing is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:15

Verse 15 Jeremiah proceeds in exhorting the Persians and the Medes, not that he had ever spoken to them; but this mode of speaking, as it has been said, availed to confirm the minds of the godly, so that they might feel assured that what had proceeded from the mouth of Jeremiah was not vain. Here, then, he assumes the person of God himself, and with authority commands the Persians and the Medes as to what they were to do. He says again, Cry aloud against her. By crying aloud or shouting, he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:16

Verse 16 He still addresses the Medes and the Persians, and bids them cut off from Babylon both the sowers and the reapers; but by stating a part for the whole he includes also all others. Husbandmen in a manner preserve the life of men, as other arts and occupations are not capable of doing so. Were there no sowing and reaping, all would of necessity perish. When, therefore, the Prophet bids them take away those who sowed and reaped, it was the same as though he had said, “ Strike with the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

Jeremiah 50:1-46 . AND 51. ON BABYLON . This attitude of reserve is not assumed without substantial grounds, derived from two sources—the epilogue ( Jeremiah 51:59-64 ) and the prophecy itself. First, as to the epilogue. It is clear that the words, "and they shall be weary," are out of place in Jeremiah 51:64 , and that they are wrongly repeated from Jeremiah 51:58 . But how came they to be repeated? Because, originally, the declaration, "Thus far are the words of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 50:9-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

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