耶利米書 51:5-10 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5

Divine love not to be severed from its object. A marvellous statement. A down-trodden, sinful remnant of his people, who had broken every engagement of his covenant, is still owned and cared for. I. A PROOF OF THE FAITHFULNESS AND LONG SUFFERING MERCY OF GOD . 1 . Having entered into covenant relations with Israel, he will not withdraw from them, even although their portion of the agreement has not been kept. He remains faithful, notwithstanding human... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5

Unforsaken Israel. I. AN APPARENT FORSAKING . Israel looked forsaken. It was in exile, in captivity, and under the asserted judgment of Jehovah. We have always, to a certain extent, to accept the appearances of things. God's presence had been manifested in outward favour and prosperity, and what was more plausible than to say that the withdrawing of the favour and prosperity meant the withdrawing of God himself? But then it is forgotten that God's presence may be manifested in many... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5-14

The covenant between Jehovah and Israel is one reason why Babylon must fall; and Babylon's own guilt is another. Hence pity is out of place. "Here liveth piety where pity ends; Can any man be guilty more than he Whose bias with the doom of God contends?" (Dante, 'Inferno,' 20.28, Cayley.) Flee, therefore, lest ye be involved in Babylon's ruin. For Jehovah's purpose of vengeance cannot be reversed. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6

Escape for thy life! "Flee out of the midst of Babylon," etc. This word was addressed to those who should be found in Babylon when the day of vengeance came upon her (cf. Genesis 19:15 ). And it seems to anticipate what was afterwards the fact—that many of the Jews would not care to go away from Babylon. Note— I. WHO ARE TO ESCAPE . This word was not addressed to all. Many of God's people did "let Jerusalem come into their mind," and, as soon as ever opportunity was given... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6

Individual escape. Two whole chapters are taken up in enforcing the inevitable doom on Babylon. The city as a whole cannot possibly escape; therefore so much the more necessary is it to point out escape for the individual and put hope into his heart. Observe— I. HOW THIS EXHORTATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL SETS BEFORE US CLEARLY THE GENERAL DOOM . All who stay in heedlessness and unbelief must perish. Particular inhabitants of Babylon have not to sin some special... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6-50

The duty of separating from the world. I. IN WHAT SENSE OBLIGATORY UPON THE CHILDREN OF GOD . 1 . Spiritual detachment is always the duty of saints. In heart and life they are to be separate unto the Lord. Their motives, ulterior aims, and dispositions are to be such as the Holy Spirit creates and fosters. They obey the law of the resurrection life, and "seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, setting their affection on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon, as the instrument used by God for his judicial purposes, is likened to a wine cup, which "made all the earth drunken" (comp. Jeremiah 25:15 , Jeremiah 25:16 ); and, more than this, to a golden cup , such was the impression made upon the Jewish prophets, by Babylon's unexampled splendour. So, in Nebuchadnezzar's vision of the image, the head of the image is of gold ( Daniel 2:32 , Daniel 2:38 ). But neither her splendour nor her honourable position as God's minister could... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:8

Destroyed . The Hebrew, more forcibly, has "is broken." The Authorized Version wished, perhaps, to avoid the objection that a golden cup could not, properly speaking, be broken. But if we once begin to harmonize the language of Hebrew poetry, we shall have no end. It is not the cup which falls, but the state, considered as a house (the "breach" of God's people is constantly referred to; e.g. Psalms 60:2 ; Isaiah 30:26 ). Howl for her . Sympathetic bystanders are dramatically appealed... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:9

We would have healed Babylon. Experience shows that it is useless to attempt to correct such inveterate evils. Everyone into his own country (as Jeremiah 50:16 ). Her judgment ; i.e. her punishment. Perhaps there is an allusion to the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, burned by fire from heaven. But we might also render "her crime" (comp. Deuteronomy 19:6 , where "worthy of death" is more strictly "a capital crime"). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:10

Our righteousness; literally, our righteousnesses; not in the sense of "righteous deeds "(as in Isaiah 64:6 ; 5:11 ), but "those things which prove us to righteous; i.e. by punishing Babylon he hath justified us" (Payne Smith). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:5-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:10

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