예레미야 50:2-3 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:2-5

Israel's deliverance. This is described as twofold—the historical circumstances and the correlative spiritual experience. Apart from its verification in the case of ancient Israel, it is true to the actual process of many an individual conversion. I. A PROVIDENTAL EVENT . The outward circumstances of life are altered. External tyrannies are brought suddenly to an end, and the children of God are set free to serve God or not as they please. In every life there are some such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:2-10

Babylon's fall and Israel's deliverance. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:3

Out of the north. There was a peculiar mystery attaching to the north in the Hebrew mind, as, in fact, the word very for "north" in Hebrew (literally, the hidden ) indicates. The burnt offering was to be sacrificed on the north side of the altar (Le Jeremiah 1:11 ), and the four cherubim, in the vision of Ezekiel, are described as coming from the north ( Ezekiel 1:4 ). The horror with which Babylon was regarded was intensified, apparently, by its northern position ( Jeremiah 1:14 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:2

Confounded ... confounded - ashamed ... ashamed.Merodach - This deity, in the inscriptions Marduk, was the tutelary god of Babylon, and Nebuchadnezzar, who called his son Evil-Merodach, appears to have been especially devoted to his service. He was really identical with Bel, and his equivalent among the planets was Jupiter: and as such he was styled “King of heaven and earth.” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:3

Out of the north - Media lay to the northwest of Babylon. This constant use of the north, the quarter where the sun never shines, and therefore the region of darkness, is symbolic of the region from where danger ever comes.They shall remove ... - Translate it (as in Jeremiah 9:10): “from man even to cattle they are fled, they are gone.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:1-3

Jeremiah 50:1-3. The word that the Lord spake against Babylon This prophecy was delivered and sent to Babylon in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign, as appears from Jeremiah 51:59. Declare ye among the nations The downfall of Babylon was an event in which many nations were concerned, that empire having been a common oppressor. Set up a standard To call people together, and impart unto them these good tidings. The destruction of Babylon was likewise a sort of signal to the Jews to... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 50:2

publish . . . conceal not. Not now using symbols as in Jeremiah 25:15 . set up = lift up. Babylon is taken. Compare Revelation 14:8 ; Revelation 18:6 , Revelation 18:10 , Revelation 18:21 : showing that this prophecy is still future. Bel. Contracted from the Aramaic form of Ba'al , the national god of Babylon. See Isaiah 46:1 . Merodaoh. Another name for Bel (= Baal), Babylon ' s god. images = manufactured gods. Compare Leviticus 26:30 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 50:3

the north. Referring to Medo-Persia, which was on the northwest of Chaldea. But a future enemy is foretold. none shall dwell therein. Showing that the fulfilment is still future. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 50:3

Jeremiah 50:3. Out of the north there cometh up a nation— The Medes, who lay north of Babylon. See Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 50:41. These people are well and fully described in the subsequent verses. read more