The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:11-20
Babylon's desolation and Israel's glorification. read more
耶利米書 50:14-16 Rcuvts
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:14
Put yourselves in array, etc. The Authorized Version, guided, perhaps, by considerations of rhythm, has misplaced the first stop, which ought to be after "bow." The Medes are referred to in a parallel prophecy as great archers ( Isaiah 13:18 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her ; i.e. raise the battle cry (comp. Joshua 6:16 ; Isaiah 42:13 ). She hath given her hand. This action is generally mentioned as a pledge of friendship or a ratification of a promise ( 2 Kings 10:15 ; Ezekiel 17:18 ; Ezra 10:19 ); but the notion of surrender or submission would naturally follow (so in 1 Chronicles 29:24 ; 2 Chronicles 30:8 ). Dr. Payne Smith well quotes the words of Turnus, when begging his life of AE neas, "Vicisti, et victum tendere... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:16
Cut off the sower, etc. "Babylon" here probably means Babylonia, for it is clear from Jeremiah 50:12 that the curse belongs to the country as well as the city of Babylon; indeed, "Babylon" in Jeremiah 50:13 seems to be used in the wider sense. Others think of the open spaces within the walls of Babylon, in which it is said that crops were raised to provision the city in case of a siege (see Rawlinson, 'Ancient Monarchies,' 2:518); but this is less natural. They shall turn, etc. The... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:14
place the colon after bow. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:15
Shout - i. e., spoken of the war-cry. So in Isaiah 42:13, where God is compared to a warrior, it is said He shall shout (the King James Version cry), i. e., raise the war-cry.Site hath given her hand - The sign of submission (compare 1 Chronicles 29:24 margin).Foundations - Or, buttresses. The Septuagint: “battlements.” read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:16
The population is to be destroyed so utterly that the rich fields of Babylonia are to remain untilled.They shall turn - The full force of the words will be seen if it be remembered that it had been the policy of Nebuchadnezzar to compel citizens selected from the vanquished nations to settle in Babylonia. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:12-16
Jeremiah 50:12-16. Your mother shall be sore confounded Namely, Babylon the metropolis, or mother-city of the empire. Or, your country shall be ashamed of you, her children, who are not able to defend her. Behold, the hindermost of the nations, &c. The translation of this clause in the Vulgate seems much preferable to ours, Ecce novissima erit in gentibus, et deserta, invia, et arens, behold, she shall be the hindermost of the nations, a wilderness, desolate and dry. Because of the... 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
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:6-20
Israel as lost sheep. This is a favourite theocratic title of Israel—the sheep of God's pasture. In itself an appeal to the traditional pastoral character of the nation, and to the marvellous guidance of their forefathers by Jehovah through the wilderness. He was the Shepherd of Israel. The extent of their apostasy is here described. I. IT WAS COMPLETE . 1 . They had wandered. The allurements of idolatry had led them on and on, and they had at length yielded to them. They... read more