E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 50:22
destruction = smash; or, breaking down. Hebrew. shabar. Not the same word as in verses: Jeremiah 50:11 , Jeremiah 50:21 , Jeremiah 50:26 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:21
"Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught,... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 50:21
Jeremiah 50:21. Go up, &c. The two places here mentioned, though unknown, are supposed to have been situate in the Babylonish dominions. The meaning of the words is, the land of the rebels—and the inhabitants of visitation: and some understand them of the Babylonians in the sense here given. These are the commands of God to Cyrus, though then unborn. Instead of after them, the Hebrew might be rendered their posterity; "Cut off from Babylon the name and remnant," as God threatens, Isaiah... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 50:23
Jeremiah 50:23. How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder, &c.— Divided and broken. Houbigant. "How is that oppressive empire which smote the nations with a continual stroke, broken and destroyed!" The figure is strong and expressive. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:21
21. Merathaim—a symbolical name for Babylon, the doubly rebellious, namely, against God. Compare Jeremiah 50:24, "thou hast striven against the Lord"; and Jeremiah 50:24- :, "proud against the Lord." The "doubly" refers to: first, the Assyrian's oppression of Israel; next, the kindred Chaldean's oppression of Judah (compare Jeremiah 50:17-20; Jeremiah 50:33; especially Jeremiah 50:33- :). Pekod— (Jeremiah 50:33- :); a chief province of Assyria, in which Nineveh, now overthrown, once lay. But,... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:23
23. hammer—that is, Babylon, so called because of its ponderous destructive power; just as "Martel," that is, "a little hammer," was the surname of a king of the Franks ( :-). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:21
The Lord commanded Babylon’s destroyers to go up against the land of double rebellion, the meaning of "Merathaim." Babylon was doubly rebellious (i.e., more rebellious) than other cities and nations-through its idolatry and pride. Assyria and Babylon both came from the same general area, Mesopotamia, and both nations had rebelled against Him. He gave their land the name Pekod, meaning "punishment." Divine punishment would single out Mesopotamia. The destroyer should carry out the Lord’s... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:21-28
4. Divine vengeance on Babylon 50:21-28The following prophecies further describe the divine vengeance coming on Babylon. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:22-23
The sounds of battle and great destruction would fill Babylonia. The nation that had been Yahweh’s hammer to smash so many other nations would be broken itself. It would become an object of horror in the earth. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 50:21
Merathaim = double rebellion. So called, here, because the empire was founded in a double rebellion. Pekod = Visitation: i.e. in judgment. destroy = devote to extermination. Hebrew. karam. The same word as Jeremiah 50:26 ; not the same as verses: Jeremiah 50:11 , Jeremiah 50:22 . read more