耶利米书 50:17-18 RCUVSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 50:9-20

God is here by his prophet, as afterwards in his providence, proceeding in his controversy with Babylon. Observe, I. The commission and charge given to the instruments that were to be employed in destroying Babylon. The army that is to do it is called an assembly of great nations (Jer. 50:9), the Medes and Persians, and all their allies and auxiliaries; it is called an assembly, because regularly formed by the divine will and counsel to do this execution. God will raise them up to do it, will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a scattered sheep ,.... Or like a sheep that is frightened and drove from the fold, and is dispersed, and wanders about here and there; Israel includes all the twelve tribes: the lions have driven him away ; from his own land, and carried him captive, and scattered him among the nations; these lions are afterwards interpreted of the kings of Assyria and Babylon: so the Targum, "kings have removed them;' comparable to lions for their strength, fierceness, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:18

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Because of this cruel treatment of his people, whose God he was; and being the Lord of hosts, and able to avenge himself on their enemies, he threatens as follows: behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land ; not Nebuchadnezzar, but a successor of his, Belshazzar, who was slain the night Babylon was taken: as I have punished the king of Assyria ; not Shalmaneser, that carried the tribes captive; but a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:17

Israel - All the descendants of Jacob have been harassed and spoiled, first by the Assyrians, and afterwards by the Chaldeans. They acted towards them as a lion to a sheep which he has caught; first he devours all the flesh, next he breaks all the bones to extract the marrow. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:18

As I have punished the king of Assyria - The Assyrians were overthrown by the Medes and the Chaldeans. The king is here taken for all their kings, generals, etc., Tiglath-pileser, Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Esar-haddon, etc. To them succeeded the Chaldean or Babylonish kings. Nebuchadnezzar came against Judea several times; and at last took the city and burnt it, profaned and demolished the temple, wasted the land, and carried the princes and people into captivity. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:17

Verse 17 Here the Prophet more clearly shows what he had briefly referred to, even that God was thus incensed against the Babylonians, because he had undertaken the cause of the people whom he had chosen. Then Jeremiah’s design was to show to the faithful, that though God severely chastised them for a time, he had not wholly divested himself of his paternal regard towards them, because he would at length make it openly evident that they to whom he had been so rigid were dear to him. He then... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:18

Verse 18 What I have said may hence with more certainty be inferred — that the similitude which God employed was intended for this end, that having assumed the person of one in sorrow, he might represent as it were to their eyes his sympathy, he then shows that he would be the avenger of the cruelty which the Chaldeans had practiced, as he had already been the avenger of all the evils which the Assyrians had done to his people. We must bear in mind the time — for the meaning of this passage... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

Jeremiah 50:1-46 . AND 51. ON BABYLON . This attitude of reserve is not assumed without substantial grounds, derived from two sources—the epilogue ( Jeremiah 51:59-64 ) and the prophecy itself. First, as to the epilogue. It is clear that the words, "and they shall be weary," are out of place in Jeremiah 51:64 , and that they are wrongly repeated from Jeremiah 51:58 . But how came they to be repeated? Because, originally, the declaration, "Thus far are the words of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:6-20

Israel as lost sheep. This is a favourite theocratic title of Israel—the sheep of God's pasture. In itself an appeal to the traditional pastoral character of the nation, and to the marvellous guidance of their forefathers by Jehovah through the wilderness. He was the Shepherd of Israel. The extent of their apostasy is here described. I. IT WAS COMPLETE . 1 . They had wandered. The allurements of idolatry had led them on and on, and they had at length yielded to them. They... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:11-20

Babylon's desolation and Israel's glorification. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 50:9-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:6-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:11-20

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