Jeremiah 50:42 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 50:33-46

We have in these verses, I. Israel's sufferings, and their deliverance out of those sufferings. God takes notice of the bondage of his people in Babylon, as he did of their bondage in Egypt; he has surely seen it, and has heard their cry. Israel and Judah were oppressed together, Jer. 50:33. Those that remained of the captives of the ten tribes, upon the uniting of the kingdoms of Assyria and Chaldea, seem to have come and mingled with t hose of the two tribes, and to have mingled tears with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:42

They shall hold the bow and the lance ,.... Or "spear". The Targum interprets it, "shields"; as many in Cyrus's army had F20 Cyropaedia, l. 5. c. 15. ; the one an offensive, the other a defensive weapon; or, if bow and lance, the one is used at a distance, the other when near. The Medes and Persians were well skilled in handling the bow, as once and again observed: this very properly describes the armour of the Persians; which were, as Herodotus F21 Terpsichore, sive l. 5. c. 49.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:42

Verse 42 Jeremiah again speaks especially of armor, to intimate that the Babylonians would not be able to sustain the assault of their enemies. He then says that they would be armed with the bow and the shield; (78) and adds, that they would be cruel. It is certain that the Persians were very bloody; for it was a barbarous nation; and where barbarity rules, there is no feeling of mercy. Cyrus indeed wished to appear a magnanimous prince, and not a savage; but it is sufficiently evident that he... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:41-43

An application to Babylon of the doom against Jerusalem Jeremiah 6:22-24.Jeremiah 50:41The coasts of the earth - See the Jeremiah 6:22 note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:41-46

Jeremiah 50:41-46. Behold, a people shall come from the north Namely, the Medes; and a great nation That is, who are a great nation; for this is no more than an explicative of the foregoing sentence. And many kings Namely, the kings of the Persians, Armenians, Hyrcanians, Cadusians, and others who fought under Cyrus’s banner, as allies or friends to him. Their voice shall roar like the sea The noise of an army is fitly compared to the roaring of the sea when it rages and is... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:42

42. cruel—the character of the Persians, and even of Cyrus, notwithstanding his wish to be thought magnanimous (Isaiah 13:18). like a man—So orderly and united is their "array," that the whole army moves to battle as one man [GROTIUS]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 50:41-42

Babylon’s invader would be an innumerable, vast, mighty army that would descend on her from the remote parts of the north. The Persians and their allies did not come from remote regions; they were the neighbors of the Babylonians. This invader would come with bows and javelins and would fight cruelly and unmercifully. The sound of its approach would be like the roaring sea. The soldiers would ride horses and proceed against the Babylonians with discipline. Babylon would be like a young girl in... read more