耶利米書 50:25-29 CUNPTS

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:25

Verse 25 The Prophet here expresses more clearly what he bad touched upon, even that this war would not be that of the Persians, but of God himself. He then says, that God had opened his treasure, even because he has various and manifold ways and means, which cannot be comprehended by men, when he resolves to destroy the ungodly. That monarchy was impregnable according to the judgment of men; but God here says that he had hidden means by which he would lay waste Babylon and reduce it to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:26

Verse 26 The Prophet again addresses the Persians and the Medes, and encourages them to come against Babylon. We stated yesterday that the prophets are went to speak with authority, because they sustained the person of God; and we mentioned how necessary this mode of speaking was, for the world does not acknowledge that God speaks effectually. Then he says first, Come ye against her; (67) and then, Open her storehouses The word מאבס, meabes, means a cornhouse or a repository of any kind: hence... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:27

Verse 27 He goes on with the same subject; he bids the Persians and the Medes to slay every strong man in Chaldea; for by bullocks he no doubt means by a metaphor all those who excelled in strength, or in power, or in wealth. The sum of what he says is, that the vengeance of which he now speaks, would not only be against the common people, but also against the highest and the choicest among them. He includes then the nobles as well as all the men of war; for he refers not only to strength of... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:28

Verse 28 The Prophet again shows, that God in punishing Babylon, would give a sure proof of his favor towards his Church. For this prophecy would have been uninteresting to the faithful, did they not know that God would be an enemy to that great monarchy, because he had undertaken the care of their safety. Then the Prophet often calls the attention of the faithful to this fact, that God’s vengeance on the Babylonians would be to them a sure proof of God’s favor, through which he had once... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:29

Verse 29 The Prophet adopts various modes of speaking, and not without reason, because he had to thunder rather than to speak; and then as he spoke of a thing incredible, there was need of no common confirmation; the faithful also, almost pining away in their miseries, could hardly entertain any hope. This is the reason why the Prophet dwells so long and so diffusely on a subject in itself not obscure, for there was not only need of amplifying, but also of great vehemence. Then, as though he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

Jeremiah 50:1-46 . AND 51. ON BABYLON . This attitude of reserve is not assumed without substantial grounds, derived from two sources—the epilogue ( Jeremiah 51:59-64 ) and the prophecy itself. First, as to the epilogue. It is clear that the words, "and they shall be weary," are out of place in Jeremiah 51:64 , and that they are wrongly repeated from Jeremiah 51:58 . But how came they to be repeated? Because, originally, the declaration, "Thus far are the words of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21-28

The punishment of Babylon, corresponding to her crimes. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:25

Hath opened his armoury . A truly grand figure. The north country (the "hidden" part of the earth, as it was called in Hebrew) is regarded by the prophet as a storehouse of young and "inexhaustible" nations, from which Jehovah can at any time "bring forth weapons of his indignation." The latter phrase, occurs again in the parallel prophecy ( Isaiah 13:5 ), where it is evidently applied to the army of Medo-Persian invaders. For this is the work, etc.; rather, For the Lord, Jehovah of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:26

Come against her; rather, Come to her. Dr. Payne Smith infers that Babylon has already fallen, and that the persons addressed are not warriors only, but plunderers of every kind. This is almost too subtle. The prepositions "to" and "against' (literally, upon) are so frequently interchanged (comp. Jeremiah 46:22 ; Jeremiah 49:9 ). From the utmost border; rather, all to gether; it is an idiom expressing universality. Those who are spoken of are regarded as a totality, "from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:27

In this verse we are told that the kherem, i.e. the Divine ban, falls upon the entire male population, as in the holy wars of Joshua ( Joshua 6:21 ; Joshua 11:11 , Joshua 11:20 ). All her bullocks. As in Jeremiah 51:40 and Isaiah 34:6 , the doomed people is likened to sacrificial victims (comp. Jeremiah 46:10 ). The same fact is described without figure in Jeremiah 48:15 . Go down to the slaughter; i.e. be forced down to the slaughtering trough. read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:27

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