Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:10
The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness - This is the answer of the Jews. God has vindicated our cause. read more
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Adam Clarke
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:5
Verse 5 The Prophet shows here the cause why God had resolved to treat the Babylonians with so much severity, even because he would be the avenger of his own people. He also obviates a doubt which might have disturbed weak minds, for he seemed to have forsaken his people when he suffered them to be driven into exile. As this was a kind of repudiation, as we have seen elsewhere, the Prophet says now, that Israel had not been wholly widowed, nor Judah, by his God; as though he had said, that the... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:6
Verse 6 He goes on with the same subject, but illustrates it by various figures; for otherwise he would not have penetrated into the hearts of the godly. Were any at this day to predict the destruction of Rome, it could hardly be believed; and yet we know that it has in our life been stormed, and now it hangs as it were by a thread, though hitherto it has been supported and fortified by the greatest forces. But the dignity of the city so confounded the minds of men, that it was hardly credible... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:7
Verse 7 Here again he anticipates an objection which might have been made; for we know that the kingdoms of the world neither rise nor stand, except through the will of God; as, then, the Prophet threatens destruction to Babylon, this objection was ready at hand. “How comes it, then, that this city, which thou sayest is accursed, has hitherto so greatly flourished? for who hath honored Babylon with so great dignity, with so much wealth, and with so many victories? for it has not by chance... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:8
Verse 8 The Prophet now declares that the fall of Babylon would be sudden, that the faithful might understand that God could accomplish in one moment what he had decreed. For when the prophets spoke of God’s judgments, the people questioned among themselves, how could that be which surpassed the common ideas of men. That men, therefore, might not estimate God’s power according to their own thoughts, he introduces this word, suddenly; as though he had said, that God had no need of warlike... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:9
Verse 9 The Prophet assumes different characters; he speaks here in the person of those who of themselves brought help to the Babylonians. And many, no doubt, would have been ready to assist them, had King Belshazzar wished to accept aid; and we know also, that the city had a large army. He compares, then, the nations subject to the Babylonians, and also the hired and foreign soldiers, to physicians, as though he had said, “Babylon has been, with great care, healed.” As when a great prince is... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:10
Verse 10 The Prophet here addresses the faithful, and especially shows, that the ruin of Babylon would be a sure evidence of God’s paternal favor towards his Church. And it was no common consolation to the faithful, in their extreme miseries, to know, that so dear and precious to God was their salvation, that he would by no means spare the Babylonians, whom the whole world regarded as half gods; for, as I have said, the power of that monarchy filled the minds of men with astonishment. When the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5
Hath not been forsaken . The Hebrew is much more forcible, "is not widowed"—alluding to the fundamental Old Testament idea of a mystic marriage between God and his people (comp. Isaiah 50:1 ; Isaiah 54:4-6 ; Hosea 2:1-23 .). Was filled with sin; rather, with guilt (Hebrew, āshām ) . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5
Suffering, but not forsaken. Israel is not forsaken because she is driven from her home. Babylon is not more favoured because she flourishes for a season as a "golden cup in the Lord's hand." For the land of the Chaldeans is filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. Thus the truth is quite contrary to appearances. I. WHEN GOD CHASTISES HIS PEOPLE HE MUST NOT BE THOUGHT TO HAVE FORSAKEN THEM . The chastisement is for their own good. It is, therefore, a... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:9
We would have healed Babylon - Had it been in our power, we would have saved her; but we could not turn away the judgment of God. read more