Jeremiah 51:20-35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-58

The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here, I. An acknowledgment of the great pomp and power that Babylon had been in and the use that God in his providence had made of it (Jer. 51:7): Babylon hath been a golden cup, a rich and glorious empire, a golden city (Isa. 14:4), a head of gold... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:20

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war ,.... This is said by the Lord, either to Cyrus, as some, to which our version inclines, whom God made use of as an instrument to subdue nations and kingdoms, and destroy them; see Isaiah 45:1 ; or rather Babylon, and the king of it, who had been the hammer of the earth, Jeremiah 50:23 ; as it may be rendered here, "thou art my hammer" F19 מפץ אתה לי "malleus es, vel fuisti mihi", Pagninus, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt. ; or,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:21

And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider ,.... Or, "have broken": meaning the cavalry of an army, wherein lies its chief strength: and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider ; which were also used in war. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:22

And with thee also will I break in pieces man and woman ,.... Or, "have broken"; having no respect to any sex, and to the propagation of posterity: and with thee will I break in pieces old and young ; not sparing men of any age, however useful they might be, the one for their wisdom, the other for their strength: and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid ; who by procreation of children might fill and strengthen commonwealths. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:23

And I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock ,.... Or, have broken; which Abarbinel thinks respects the Arabians particularly, who were shepherds, and dwelt in tents; but it rather signifies shepherds and their flocks in general; who were killed or scattered wherever his armies came, which spared none, even the most innocent and useful, and though unarmed: and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen ; with which he ploughed his ground:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:24

And I will render unto Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea ,.... Or, "but I will render" F23 ושלמתי "sed rependam", Piscator; "sed retribuam", Schmidt. , &c.; though I have made this use of Babylon, she shall not be spared, but receive her just recompense of reward; not the city of Babylon only, but the whole land of Chaldea, and all the inhabitants of it: all their evil that they have done in Zion, in your sight, saith the Lord ; the sense is, that for all the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:25

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth ,.... Babylon is called a mountain, though situated in a plain, because of its high walls, lofty towers, and hanging gardens, which made it look at a distance like a high mountain, as Lebanon, and others: or because it was a strong fortified city; so the Targum renders it, O destroying city: or because of its power and grandeur as a monarchy, it being usual to compare monarchies to mountains;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:26

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations ,.... Signifying that it should be so utterly consumed by fire, that there should not be a stone left fit to be put into any new building, especially to be a corner or a foundation stone. The Targum understands it figuratively, "and they shall not take of thee a king for a kingdom, and a ruler for government:' but thou shall be desolate for ever, saith the Lord ; see Jeremiah 50:39 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:27

Set ye up a standard in the land ,.... Not in Chaldea, but rather in any land; or in all the countries which belonged to Media and Persia; where Cyrus's standard is ordered to be set up, to gather soldiers together, and enlist in his service, in order to go with him in his expedition against Babylon: blow the trumpet among the nations ; for the same purpose, to call them to arms, to join the forces of Cyrus, and go with him into the land of Chaldea: prepare the nations against her :... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:28

Prepare against her the nations, with the kings of the Medes ,.... At the head of them, Darius and Cyrus. The Syriac version has it in the singular number, the king of the Modes: the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominions ; that is, the inhabitants of it, the common people, with their princes, nobles, governors, as captains of them, under Cyrus, their generalissimo. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:28

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