Jeremiah 50:35-37

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:36

A sword is upon the liars ,.... Some render it "bars" F13 הבדים "vectes"; so some in Gataker. , as the word sometimes signifies; and interpret it of great men, who are the strength and security of cities and commonwealths; but these are mentioned both before and after. The Targum renders it "diviners"; and so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it F14 "Divinos", V. L. Vatablus, Tigurine version, Calvin, Pagninus; so R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 84. ; of which there were many among... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:37

A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots ,.... Upon the horsemen, and those that rode in chariots; upon the whole cavalry, which should fall into the enemies' hands, and be cut to pieces; see Revelation 19:18 ; and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her ; those of other nations that sojourned in Babylon, or came thither for merchandise; the word having, as Kimchi observes, such a signification; or rather her auxiliaries, troops consisting of other... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:36

Verse 36 He repeats the same thing, but in other words; and in the first clause he mentions diviners whom he before called wise men; and he calls them now by their true and proper name; for בדים , bedim, mean mendacious men as well as falsehoods. He then calls those now impostors to whom he conceded before the name of wise men. But when he called them wise men, he spoke according to the common opinion, and he was unwilling to contend with the Chaldeans as to the character of their wisdom: he,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:37

Verse 37 The Prophet, indeed, changes the gender of the pronouns, and seems to refer to the king; but there is no ambiguity in the meaning, he then declares that the horses as well as the chariots would perish; for the sword would consume all the things used in war. And at the beginning he generally declared that destruction was nigh all the Chaldeans, so he repeats the same now, on all the promiscuous multitude, which is in the midst of Babylon. He says that they would be without courage, for... 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

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