Jeremiah 50:17 NIV

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

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

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a scattered sheep, etc. Here a pause in the discourse occurs. The prophet returns to the present condition of Israel, who is likened to a sheep scared away from its fold by lions. The ruin wrought by the lions is described first as "devouring" and then as "breaking the bones" of Israel—in either case it is complete destruction, but the completeness is more emphasized by the second figure. In fact, when the "ten tribes" were carried captive, the elements of the theocracy still... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a scattered sheep - i. e., is like a flock which has been scared and driven in all directions, for lions have chased him.First the king ... - Rather, the first lion “ate him, even the king of Assyria; and this one, the last, heath picked his bones, even Nebuchadrezzar etc.” The constant wasting of the land by the Assyrians had so lessened the number of Israel, that Nebuchadnezzar had but the bones to pick. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:17

Jeremiah 50:17. Israel is a scattered sheep See note on Jeremiah 50:6. The lions have driven him away As a lion coming among a flock of sheep scatters them one from another; so have these foreign invaders, enemies cruel as lions, served my people. First, the king of Assyria hath devoured him Namely, Shalmaneser, who carried away the ten tribes into captivity, whence they never in general returned. And last this Nebuchadrezzar hath broken his bones Hath entirely ruined Judah and... read more

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

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:6-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:11-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:17

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