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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:51

51. The prophet anticipates the Jews' reply; I know you will say in despair, "We are confounded," c. "Wherefore (God saith to you) behold, I will," &c. (Jeremiah 51:52) [CALVIN]. I prefer taking Jeremiah 51:51 as the prayer which the Jews are directed to offer in exile (Jeremiah 51:51- :), "let Jerusalem come into your mind" (and say in prayer to God), "We are confounded." This view is confirmed by Psalms 44:15 Psalms 44:16; Psalms 79:4; Psalms 102:17-20; Isaiah 62:6; Isaiah 62:7. for... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:49-53

14. A call to flee from Babylon 51:49-53Yahweh had messages for the exiles in Babylon. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:51

The Israelites would be ashamed because word that pagans were desecrating the site of the temple would reach them (cf. Nehemiah 1:3). This would be a testimony to their sin, which resulted in captivity and the destruction of the temple. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:1-64

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.1. See on Jeremiah 25:26. 1, 2. The imagery is of the wind scattering the chaff on the threshingfloor. The wind and the fanners are the Medes (Jeremiah 51:11). 3. Him that bendeth] i.e. his bow in defence of Babylon. Brigandine] coat of mail. 5. See on Jeremiah 50:29. 7. Babylon has been God’s instrument in His vengeance on the nations. 10. Hath brought forth our righteousness] has judged that the Jews’ idolatry has been sufficiently punished, and that they are... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 51:51

(51) We are confounded, because we have heard reproach . . .—The answer which the prophet seems to hear from the lips of the exiles, is, however, for the present, of a different character. They are cast down and oppressed by the disgrace that has fallen on them and on the Holy City. Aliens in blood and faith have profaned their sanctuaries. Can anything wipe off the stain of that disgrace? The prophet had known the bitterness of that thought himself (Lamentations 1:10; Lamentations 2:7;... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 51:1-64

Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon, then, for all its power and all its independence, was an instrument of God, and no one can deeply study the Word of God without coming to perceive the awful emphasis that it lays on the fact of instrumentality. I. Now sometimes the blindest eye can see how exquisitely the instruments of God are fitted to the task God has in hand. But is not the general rule the very opposite? I think it is the reverse that strikes us most. 1. Think, for example, of the instrument which He... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-64

CHAPTER XXVBABYLONJeremiah 50:1-46, Jeremiah 51:1-64"Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."- Jeremiah 50:2THESE chapters present phenomena analogous to those of Isaiah 40:1-31; Isaiah 41:1-29; Isaiah 42:1-25; Isaiah 43:1-28; Isaiah 44:1-28; Isaiah 45:1-25; Isaiah 46:1-13; Isaiah 47:1-15; Isaiah 48:1-22; Isaiah 49:1-26; Isaiah 50:1-11; Isaiah 51:1-23; Isaiah 52:1-15; Isaiah 53:1-12; Isaiah 54:1-17; Isaiah 55:1-13; Isaiah 56:1-12; Isaiah 57:1-21; Isaiah 58:1-14;... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 51:1-64

CHAPTERS 50-51 Babylon These two final chapters contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon, her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the statement “thus far are the words of Jeremiah.” There is a direct statement that Jeremiah wrote all these words. We find it at the close of Jeremiah 51:59-64 . “Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.” It would be a brazen infidelity which says Jeremiah did... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 51:51

51:51 We are {f} confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for foreigners are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house.(f) He shows how they would remember Jerusalem by lamenting the miserable affliction of it. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 51:46-58

If the Reader will compare what is here said, with what is said of mystic Babylon in the New Testament, he will soon perceive what a striking resemblance there is between things temporal and spiritual. Revelation 17:0 and Revelation 18:0 . read more