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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:58

The broad walls of Babylon … and her high gates. See Herod; 1.179, 181, and the parallel accounts from other authors, cited by Duncker ('Hist. of Antiquity,' 3.373, etc.), who taxes Herodotus with exaggeration, but admits as probable that the walls were not less than forty feet broad. Utterly broken; rather, destroyed even to the ground (literally, made bare). The people; rather, peoples. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:58

The broad walls. I. THE EMPIRE OF SIN HAS SUCH WALLS . Those referred to here may be taken as a type of them. They were: 1 . To separate. Have we not proof of this in the wide distance, the invincible barriers, Which keep the ungodly from sympathizing, associating, or in any way uniting, with the people of God? The kingdom of evil remains shut up from the kingdom of God. Mansoul cannot be entered by way of the gates; the messengers of the King seek admission, but cannot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:59-64

Epilogue . The word, etc. (see Jeremiah 51:61 ). Seraiah . Apparently the brother of Baruch. With Zedekiah. The Septuagint has "from Zedekiah," which is referred by Bleek and Gratz. It would thus be an embassy, of which Seraiah was the head. According to the ordinary reading, Zedekiah went himself. A quiet prince. Not so. The Hebrew means probably, "in command over the resting place," i.e. he took charge of the royal caravan, and arranged the halting places. But the Targum and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:58

The broad walls - Herodotus makes the breadth of the walls 85 English feet.Broken - See the margin. i. e., the ground beneath them shall be laid bare by their demolition.The people - Or, peoples. Jeremiah concludes his prophecy with a quotation from Habakkuk; applying the words to the stupendous works intended to make Babylon an eternal city, but which were to end in such early and utter disappointment. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:59-64

Historical appendix. In his fourth year Zedekiah journeyed to Babylon either to obtain some favor from Nebuchadnezzar, or because he was summoned to be present on some state occasion. Jeremiah took the opportunity of sending to the exiles at Babylon this prophecy.Jeremiah 51:59Seraiah - Brother to Baruch.A quiet prince - literally, “prince of the resting place, i. e., quartermaster.” It was his business to ride forward each day, and select the place where the king would halt and pass the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 51:58

Jeremiah 51:58 . The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, &c. That the walls of Babylon were of a prodigious height and thickness, Herodotus tells, who says, they were 200 cubits high, and 50 cubits in breadth, lib. 1. cap. 178. “We are astonished,” says Bishop Lowth, in his note on Isaiah 13:19, “at the accounts which ancient historians of the best credit give, of the immense extent, height, and thickness of the walls of Nineveh and Babylon; nor are we less astonished, when... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 51:59

Jeremiah 51:59. The word which Jeremiah commanded Seraiah. when he went with Zedekiah The Hebrew בלכתו את צדקיהו , is rendered by the LXX., οτε επορευετο παρα Σεδεκιου , when he went from Zedekiah, on his behalf, or by virtue of his commission; which seems to be the meaning of the clause; for we have no reason to suppose that Zedekiah went in person to Babylon at that time. Instead of, This Seraiah was a quiet prince, as our translators render שׁר מנוחה , the LXX. read, αρχων... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:34-58

Response to Babylon’s overthrow (51:34-58)Jeremiah recalls the desperate prayers of the people of Judah who often complained to God about Babylon’s unrestrained greed and cruelty. They cried to God that he would hold Babylon responsible for the violence they suffered, and now God is about to answer their prayers (34-35).God will defend the cause of his people and punish Babylon by destroying it. The nation will be conquered and the city will be left a heap of ruins (36-37). The Babylonians, who... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:59-64

Jeremiah’s message sent to Babylon (51:59-64)When Jeremiah finished writing down his announcement of Babylon’s downfall, he sent it with Seraiah to be read to the exiles in Babylon. (Seraiah was the brother of Baruch and probably a court official; cf. v. 59 with 32:12.) On this occasion, Seraiah went with Zedekiah on a visit the king made to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign (59-62).After reading the scroll to the exiles, Seraiah was to tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 51:58

walls. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "wall". people = peoples. be weary = faint. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:58

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:58

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:59-64

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:58

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:59-64

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 51:58

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 51:59

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:34-58

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:59-64

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 51:58

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