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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-58

The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here, I. An acknowledgment of the great pomp and power that Babylon had been in and the use that God in his providence had made of it (Jer. 51:7): Babylon hath been a golden cup, a rich and glorious empire, a golden city (Isa. 14:4), a head of gold... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:49

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel ,.... In Jerusalem, when that city was taken the Chaldeans, and destroyed: so at Babylon shall all the slain of all the earth ; or "land"; that is, the land of Chaldea; the inhabitants of which fled to Babylon upon the invasion of the Medes and Persians, both for their own safety, and the defence of that city; and where, being slain, they fell; and this was a just retaliation of them for what they had done to Israel. These words may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:50

Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still ,.... The Jews, who had escaped the sword of the Chaldeans when Jerusalem was taken, and were carried captive into Babylon, where they had remained to this time; and had also escaped the sword of the Medes and Persians, when Babylon was taken; these are bid to go away from Babylon, and go into their land, and not stay in Babylon, or linger there, as Lot in Sodom; or stop on the road, but make the best of their way to the land of Judea:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:51

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach ,.... These are the words of the Jews, either objecting to their return to their land; or lamenting the desolation of it; and complaining of the reproach it lay under, being destitute of inhabitants; the land in general lying waste and uncultivated; the city of Jerusalem and temple in ruins; and the worship of God ceased; and the enemy insulting and reproaching; suggesting, that their God could not protect and save them; and, under these... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:52

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images ,.... Destroy their gods, who have reproached the God of Israel, and profaned his sanctuaries; and for that reason; See Gill on Jeremiah 51:47 ; it is an answer to the objection and complaint of the Jews, and is designed for their comfort and encouragement: and through all her land the wounded shall groan ; because of their wounds and pain; and which their idols could not cure, ease, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:50

Ye that have escaped the sword - The Jews. Let Jerusalem come into your mind - Pray for its restoration; and embrace the first opportunity offered of returning thither. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:51

Strangers are come into the sanctuaries - The lamentation of the pious Jews for the profanation of the temple by the Chaldeans. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:49

Verse 49 THE words literally read thus, “As Babylon, that they might fall, the slain of Israel, so for Babylon they shall fall, the slain of all the lands.” Some, omitting the ל, lamed, in the second clause, render the passage thus, “As the slain of Israel have fallen through Babylon, so by Babylon shall they fall: “and others render the last like the first, “through Babylon.” But the simpler rendering is that which I have given, even that this would be the reward which God would render... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:50

Verse 50 The Prophet again bids the faithful quickly to flee from Chaldea; but he says, They who remain from the sword He then intimates that the slaughter would be such, that it would include many of God’s people, and that they would be destroyed. And we know that many among them deserved such a sad end; but the Prophet now turns to address those who had been preserved through God’s special favor. He then bids them to depart and not to stand still or stay. Now, we said yesterday what was the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:51

Verse 51 It is thought that these words were spoken by the Prophet to the faithful, to confirm them as to their return. But I rather think that they were spoken by way of anticipation. They who think that they were spoken as a formula to the Israelites, that they might with more alacrity prepare themselves for their return, suppose a verb understood, “Say ye, we are confounded (or ashamed), because we have heard reproach;” even that sorrow would wound the minds of the faithful, to the end that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:49

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:52

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:50

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:51

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:49

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:50

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:51

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