John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them ,.... Belshazzar, as Kimchi; he had the report brought him of the invasion of his land by them; of their approach to Babylon, and design upon it; and of their number, character, and force: and his hands waxed feeble ; as they did when he saw the handwriting upon the wall, Daniel 5:6 ; anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail ; a sudden panic seized him, and he was quite dispirited at once, as a woman in... read more
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