耶利米書 50:19-21 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:20

A vain quest. I. IN CONTRAST WITH PREVIOUS QUESTS OF THE SAME KIND . Then hardly anything but iniquity and sin were to be found. The few righteous and godly men only called attention more emphatically to the general wickedness. God is ever seeking in the earth for all that is true and good, and whatever there be of it he is sure to find. He misses nothing, searching into every man according to the fundamental thoughts of his heart. In former days sin and iniquity had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21

The land of Merathaim; i.e. of double rebellion. Probably enough an actual geographical name may lie at the root of this singular expression; but we are not able at present to say what it was. The prophet has, at any rate, modified it in such a way as to convey a definite meaning, symbolic of the character of Babylon (comp. on Jeremiah 50:31 ). What was this meaning? According to Gesenius, there is an allusion to the two great blows inflicted on Israel and Judah by Assyria and Babylon... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21-23

The hammer broken. Babylon was to be crushed by Persia—one hammer by another. As universal world powers, the rise and fall of these had immense importance, and they illustrate the duties and responsibilities of power. I. ALL POWER IS A STEWARDSHIP FROM GOD . The vast extent and influence of those empires, and the special mission divinely appointed them, cannot but impress one with a sense of special responsibility. There seems something supernatural in their very origin and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21-28

The punishment of Babylon, corresponding to her crimes. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:19

Or, “I will bring Israel (the scared sheep) back to his pasturage (see Jeremiah 50:7) and he shall graze etc.” The places named are the districts of Palestine most famous for their rich herbage. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:20

Those days - The days of the Messiah.Reserve - Or, permit to remain: hence, the remnant, a word pregnant with meaning in the language of the prophets. See Isaiah 8:18 note (2). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:21

The land of Merathaim - of double rebellion. Like Mitsraim, i. e., the two Egypts, Aram-Naharaim, i. e., Syria of the two rivers, or Mesopotamia, it is a dual. It may have been a real name; or - the dual ending being intensive - it may mean the land of very great rebelliousness.Pekod - Possibly a Babylonian town.Waste - Rather, slay, Jeremiah 50:27. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:19-20

Jeremiah 50:19-20. I will bring Israel again to his habitation I will take care of Israel as a shepherd does of his flock, and bring them back to their ancient habitations, and to their former peace and plenty. By Israel here is meant the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the Levites and some Israelites who joined with them, after the carrying away of the ten tribes. “As several parts of this prophecy,” says Lowth, “relate to that mystical Babylon whose destruction is foretold Revelation... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:21

Jeremiah 50:21. Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against Pekod Although these two words מרתים , Merathaim, and פקוד , Pekod, are considered by our translators as proper names; and the latter is so understood by the Chaldee paraphrast: yet all the other ancient versions agree in representing the former word as an appellative, and the latter as a verb. The former, which is the dual number of מרה , marah, may signify either bitterness, or rebellion; and Blaney thinks that... 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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:21-28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:19-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

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