Jeremiah 50:2 NIV

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:2

2. Declare . . . among . . . nations—who would rejoice at the fall of Babylon their oppressor. standard—to indicate the place of meeting to the nations where they were to hear the good news of Babylon's fall [ROSENMULLER]; or, the signal to summon the nations together against Babylon (Jeremiah 51:12; Jeremiah 51:27), [MAURER]. Bel—the tutelary god of Babylon; the same idol as the Phoelignician Baal, that is, lord, the sun (Isaiah 46:1). confounded—because unable to defend the city under their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:1-10

1. An overview of Babylon’s future 50:1-10This oracle begins with an overview of what Yahweh would do to Babylon and Israel in the future. Much of the prophecy in this section has not yet been fulfilled. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:2

The Lord commanded a proclamation among the nations that Babylon would be captured. Her chief idols, Bel and Marduk, as well as all her gods, would be humiliated, since it was their job to protect Babylon. [Note: See John D. W. Watts, "Babylonian Idolatry in the Prophets As a False Socio-Economic System," in Israel’s Apostasy and Restoration: Essays in Honor of Roland K. Harrison, pp. 118-20.] Bel was the title of the storm god Enlil, the chief god of Nippur. He was the equivalent of Baal in... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:1-46

The Fall of Babylon and the Restoration of IsraelThe prophecy concerning Babylon is ascribed to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 51:59. This, however, need not mean more than that it represents the tone of Jeremiah’s utterances as expanded by a follower, e.g. Baruch, at a later date. The reasons for doubting Jeremiah’s authorship aro: (a) he elsewhere speaks in friendly terms of the Chaldeans; here their overthrow is predicted; (b) the style and words betray another writer; (c) the knowledge displayed of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 50:2

(2) Set up a standard.—Better, lift up a signal. The noun is the same as in Jeremiah 4:6; Jeremiah 4:21. Here, however, its use is not that of furnishing a rallying point for an army, but that of a means of rapid communication, like the succession of beacon-fires in the opening of the Agamemnon of Æschylus (Agam., 272-307). The tidings of the fall of Babylon are to be proclaimed as quickly as may be throughout the world.Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces.—Strictly speaking these,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 50:1-46

The Way of Contrition Jeremiah 50:4-5 Our spiritual life as a life of contrition is typified for us in the return of the children of Israel to Jerusalem from their long exile in Babylon. I. Of necessity, contrition must be the first stage of spiritual life. For what is contrition? The Bible definition of contrition is, sorrow, sorrow that is in union with God. Contrition is no passing paroxysm, it is a state of abiding spiritual sorrow; we are taken by the Spirit of God into union with God,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:1-10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:2

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:1-46

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 50:2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 50:1-46

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

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