Jeremiah 50:35 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 50:35

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord ,.... Or, "shall be" F11 "Erit", Abarbinel; "irruet", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. or, "O sword, be thou on the Chaldeans" F12 חרב על כשדים "gladie, super Chaldaeos, scil. veni, ades", Schmidt. ; that is, the sword of the Medes and Persians; those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; in the mystic sense, the Christian princes that shall draw the sword against the antichristian states: and upon the inhabitants of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:35

A sword - War and its calamities, or any grievous plague; and so in the following verses. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:35

Verse 35 THE Prophet proceeds with the same subject, and employs the same manner of speaking. He denounces war on the Chaldeans as a celestial herald; and then that what he says might have more force and power, he sets the Persians and the Medes before us in the act of assailing and destroying Babylon. He therefore says now in general, A sword on the Chaldeans; and, secondly, he mentions the inhabitants of Babylon, for that city was the seat and head of the kingdom, as it is well known; but as... 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 50:29-40

The completeness of Babylon's destruction. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:35

A sword is, etc; should rather be, Sword upon the Chaldea, it is an exclamation equivalent to "Let the Sword come upon the Chaldeans"—that sword which never "returns empty." The wise men are, partly the astronomers and astrologers at the various observatories in Babylonia, whose duty it was to send in monthly reports of the appearances in the sky, which were regarded as having an occult political significance (comp. Isaiah 47:13 ). In the next verse they are called liars, or praters. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:35-37

The sword everywhere. I. THE DESTROYING AGENT . Not a deluge, not fire from heaven, but an ordinary human agent, working with energy and thoroughness. The weapon which Babylon in its greed of conquest had used against Jerusalem is turned against itself. First of all, Babylon looks covetously on the land of Israel, and spoils it of its people and their possessions. And then, enriched, Babylon becomes in turn an object of desire. God has only to leave covetousness and grasping alone,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:35-38

No human aid avails against so terrible a foe; therefore Jehovah calls upon his Sword (see on Jeremiah 47:6 ) to avenge the cause of his people. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:35

Omit “is.” A summons comes from Yahweh, Israel’s Goel, to the sword to fall upon all the elements of Babylon’s greatness. The princes were her rulers at home and her generals in war. The wise men were those upon whose learning she so prided herself (Daniel 1:4 note). read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:35

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:35

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:1-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:29-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:35

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:35-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 50:35-38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 50:35

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