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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 51:5

Israel . . . Judah. Now one People again. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . the LORD of Hosts. See note on Jeremiah 6:6 , and 1 Samuel 1:3 . sin. Hebrew. chata. the Holy One of Israel. See note on Psalms 71:22 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 51:3

Jeremiah 51:3. Against him that bendeth— Let not him who bendeth the bow relax his hand; let him not put off his armour. Houbigant. And against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine— And let him not lift up himself in his brigandine. This is exactly parallel in sense to the preceding part of the verse, if the posture of him that stoops to bend the bow be considered. For in using the large and strong steel bows, which could not be bent by the force of the arms, they rested one end upon... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 51:4

Jeremiah 51:4. Thus the slain shall fall— Let the wounded fall in the land of the Chaldeans. Houbigant. Dr. Kennicott would render it, Thus the soldiers shall fall; which seems to agree well with the 13th verse of the preceding chapter. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 51:5

Jeremiah 51:5. For Israel hath not been forsaken— For Israel shall not therefore be forsaken, or Judah without his God, the Lord of Hosts, because their land hath been filled with desolation by the Holy One of Israel. Houbigant. Though God was justly displeased with his people; yet he will not cast them off utterly as a nation, or deprive them of his protection, though he will do so to those who have been the rod in his hand to chastise and scourge his people. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:3

3. Against him that bendeth—namely, the bow; that is, the Babylonian archer. let the archer bend—that is, the Persian archer (Jeremiah 50:4). The Chaldean version and JEROME, by changing the vowel points, read, "Let not him (the Babylonian) who bendeth his bow bend it." But the close of the verse is addressed to the Median invaders; therefore it is more likely that the first part of the verse is addressed to them, as in English Version, not to the Babylonians, to warn them against resistance as... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:5

5. forsaken—as a widow (Hebrew). Israel is not severed from her husband, Jehovah ( :-), by a perpetual divorce. though . . . sin—though the land of Israel has been filled with sin, that is, with the punishment of their sin, devastation. But, as the Hebrew means "for," or "and therefore," not "though," translate, "and therefore their (the Chaldeans') land has been filled with (the penal consequences of) their sin" [GROTIUS]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:1-14

8. The certainty of Babylon’s judgment 51:1-14The next prophecies assure the judgment of Babylon. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:3-4

The Chaldeans need not try to defend themselves because the enemy would attack too quickly. The young Babylonian soldiers would fall in the streets of their cities. Sometimes conquerors spared the young soldiers to fight for them in the future, but the destruction of Babylon’s army would be thorough. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:5

The Lord Almighty had not forsaken either Israel or Judah, even though they were guilty before the Holy One of Israel. read more

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