Jeremiah 51:43

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 51:43

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness ,.... Which some understand of Babylon itself, divided into two parts by the river Euphrates running in the midst of it, called by Berosus F6 Apud Joseph. contr. Apion, l. 1. c. 19. the inward and outward cities; though rather these design the rest of the cities in Chaldea, of which Babylon was the metropolis, the mother city, and the other her daughters, which should share the same fate with herself; be demolished, and the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:43

Verse 43 He repeats what he had previously said, but we have before reminded you why he speaks so largely on a subject in itself not obscure. For he might have comprehended in a few words all that he had said in the last chapter and also in this; but it was difficult to convince men of what he taught — it was therefore necessary to dwell at large on the subject. He says now that the cities of Babylon, that is, of that monarchy, would become a desolation. He seems to have hitherto directed his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6-50

The duty of separating from the world. I. IN WHAT SENSE OBLIGATORY UPON THE CHILDREN OF GOD . 1 . Spiritual detachment is always the duty of saints. In heart and life they are to be separate unto the Lord. Their motives, ulterior aims, and dispositions are to be such as the Holy Spirit creates and fosters. They obey the law of the resurrection life, and "seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, setting their affection on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:38-49

Fall of Babylon; joy of the whole world. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:43

A wilderness - Or, a desert of sand.A land wherein - Rather, “a land - no man shall dwell in them (i. e., its cities), and no human being shall pass through them.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 51:41-43

Jeremiah 51:41-43. How is Sheshach taken! That Babylon is meant by Sheshach is certain; but why it is so called is yet matter of doubt: see note on Jeremiah 25:26. Some indeed have supposed that it is called so from a goddess of that name, which the Babylonians worshipped, and which is supposed by Calmet to have been the same with the moon; but of these things there does not appear to be satisfactory proof. How is the praise of the whole earth surprised Babylon was esteemed the wonder of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:34-58

Response to Babylon’s overthrow (51:34-58)Jeremiah recalls the desperate prayers of the people of Judah who often complained to God about Babylon’s unrestrained greed and cruelty. They cried to God that he would hold Babylon responsible for the violence they suffered, and now God is about to answer their prayers (34-35).God will defend the cause of his people and punish Babylon by destroying it. The nation will be conquered and the city will be left a heap of ruins (36-37). The Babylonians, who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 51:43

no man dwelleth. Still future. man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:43

43. Her cities—the cities, her dependencies. So, "Jerusalem and the cities thereof" ( :-). Or, the "cities" are the inner and outer cities, the two parts into which Babylon was divided by the Euphrates [GROTIUS]. read more

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