エレミヤ書 50:23-24 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:23

The hammer of the whole earth. So in Isaiah ( Isaiah 14:5 ), "Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers; which smote peoples in passion with an unceasing stroke." In the next chapter a similar title is conferred upon Israel, with the right to retaliate upon Babylon all the evil which Babylon had done to Zion ( Jeremiah 51:20-24 ). Compare the epithet Martel, "The Hammer," given to Charles, Duke of the Franks, on account of his great victory over the Saraoens at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:23

Hammer versus hammer. Babylon was "the hammer of the whole earth" in the days in which and of which Jeremiah wrote. Nineveh had striven to resist, as had Tyre, Syria, and Egypt, but one by one they had been crushed beneath Babylon's ponderous blow. And now Judah and Jerusalem were crushed likewise. But God's Word was that other hammer, against which even the force of the hammer of the whole earth should be put forth in vain. "Is not my Word … as a hammer, saith the Lord, which breaketh... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:24

I have laid a snare for thee. It was very natural, as long as Cyrus's own account of the capture of Babylon was unknown, to refer for a fulfilment to the stratagem which, as Herodotus relates, that king employed, viz. diverting the waters of the Euphrates into an already existing reservoir, and entering the city unexpectedly by the river channel (Herod; 1.191). But the cylinder inscription, translated by Sir H. Rawlinson in 1880, shows that Babylon opened its gates of its own accord, on... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:23

The hammer - Babylon, by whose instrumentality Yahweh had crushed the nations, is now cut asunder, i. e., the head of iron or bronze is cut away from the wooden handle, and broken. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:24

I have laid a snare for thee - Babylon, the impregnable, was taken (according to Herodotus) by Cyrus by stratagem. Having diverted the waters of the Euphrates, he entered the city by the river channel: but see Daniel 5:1 note.And thou wast not aware - Better literally, and thou didst not know it. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:22-24

Jeremiah 50:22-24. A sound of battle is in the land That is, in the land of Chaldea. How is the hammer of the whole earth broken! That oppressive empire that smote the nations with a continual stroke, as is said Isaiah 14:6, and brought them under subjection to it. I have laid a snare for thee; and thou art also taken, O Babylon Cyrus took the city by surprise and in an unexpected manner, entering it, by draining the river Euphrates, at a time when the walls were entire, the city full... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

A message concerning Babylon (50:1-46)Finally, Jeremiah sees that the nation that God used to punish Judah will itself be punished. Bel, or Merodach (Marduk), the chief god of Babylon, will be powerless to save Babylon when the attack comes (50:1-3).Since the Judeans will by this time have humbly repented before God, the downfall of Babylon will give them the opportunity to return to the land where their ancestors once lived (4-5). (When Cyrus of Persia conquered Babylon in 539 BC, he promptly... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 50:23

Jeremiah 50:23. How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder, &c.— Divided and broken. Houbigant. "How is that oppressive empire which smote the nations with a continual stroke, broken and destroyed!" The figure is strong and expressive. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 50:24

Jeremiah 50:24. I have laid a snare for thee— Cyrus took the city by surprise, entering it when the walls were intire, the city full of provisions, and the people in high spirits, to their utter consternation, by having drained the Euphrates. See Jeremiah 50:38. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:23

23. hammer—that is, Babylon, so called because of its ponderous destructive power; just as "Martel," that is, "a little hammer," was the surname of a king of the Franks ( :-). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:22-24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 50:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 50:24

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:23

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