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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 51:59

The Fifty-First Prophecy of Jeremiah (see book comments for Jeremiah). Seraiah. The brother of Baruch(Jeremiah 32:12 . Compare Jeremiah 45:1 ). when he went, &c. Probably to renew his oath of allegiance. Compare Jeremiah 27:1 ; Jeremiah 28:1 . quiet prince. Probably chief chamberlain. Revised Version margin, "quartermaster. "Hebrew = quiet resting-place (Isaiah 32:18 ). Probably his office was to prepare the night's camping place during the journey to Babylon. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:59

"The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain. And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words, and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 51:58

Jeremiah 51:58. The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken— See Isaiah 47:7-8; Isaiah 47:13. Houbigant reads the latter part of the verse, And the people shall labour for a thing of nought, and exhaust their strength for the flames, &c. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 51:59

Jeremiah 51:59. The word, &c.— This was the commandment which Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah,—when he went in the retinue of Zedekiah, &c. But this Seraiah was the chief chamberlain, Jeremiah 51:60. For Jeremiah, after he had written, &c. Jeremiah 51:61, said to Seraiah, &c. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:58

58. broad walls—eighty-seven feet broad [ROSENMULLER]; fifty cubits [GROTIUS]. A chariot of four horses abreast could meet another on it without collision. The walls were two hundred cubits high, and four hundred and eighty-five stadia, or sixty miles in extent. gates—one hundred in number, of brass; twenty-five on each of the four sides, the city being square; between the gates were two hundred and fifty towers. BEROSUS says triple walls encompassed the outer, and the same number the inner... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:59

59-64. A special copy of the prophecy prepared by Jeremiah was delivered to Seraiah, to console the Jews in their Babylonian exile. Though he was to throw it into the Euphrates, a symbol of Babylon's fate, no doubt he retained the substance in memory, so as to be able orally to communicate it to his countrymen. went with Zedekiah—rather, "in behalf of Zedekiah"; sent by Zedekiah to appease Nebuchadnezzar's anger at his revolt [CALVIN]. fourth year—so that Jeremiah's prediction of Babylon's... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:54-58

15. The justice of Babylon’s judgment 51:54-58It was righteous and just for Yahweh to judge Babylon. The repetition of terms from Jeremiah 50:2-3; Jeremiah 50:46 forms an inclusio (bookends) that frames the entire oracle against Babylon. [Note: Smothers, p. 372.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:58

The enemy will raze Babylon’s broad wall and set her many huge gates on fire. The captive peoples who will have toiled, building Babylon’s defenses, would have done so for nothing. They will have exhausted themselves constructing these edifices, only for them to go up in flames (cf. Jeremiah 51:64; Habakkuk 2:13). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:59

The following message was one that Jeremiah gave to Seraiah the son of Neriah when he accompanied King Zedekiah on a visit to Babylon in 593 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar may have summoned his vassal kings to Babylon, at this time, in order to reaffirm their loyalty, following an attempted revolt in his empire a year earlier. [Note: William H. Shea, "Daniel 3 : Extra-Biblical Texts and the Convocation on the Plain of Dura," Andrews University Seminary Studies 20 (Spring 1982):29-52.] Seraiah was Baruch’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:59-64

16. Babylon’s fall dramatized 51:59-64This oracle closes with a symbolic action against Babylon. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 51:59

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:59

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 51:58

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 51:59

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:58

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:54-58

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:58

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:59-64

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