Jeremiah 51:38

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:38

38, 39. The capture of Babylon was effected on the night of a festival in honor of its idols. roar . . . yell—The Babylonians were shouting in drunken revelry (compare :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:34-40

12. Judah’s complaint against Babylon 51:34-40The prophet explained Judah’s complaint against Babylon. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:38-39

The Babylonians would growl in anticipation of their conquest, like young lion cubs did before they eat. When the Babylonians got worked up, the Lord would serve them a banquet that would finish them off. His cup of wrath would stupefy them. This was fulfilled many years later: King Belshazzar of Babylon was getting himself all liquored up at a banquet, when Daniel announced to him that Babylon would fall that very night-and it did (Daniel 5). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:1-64

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.1. See on Jeremiah 25:26. 1, 2. The imagery is of the wind scattering the chaff on the threshingfloor. The wind and the fanners are the Medes (Jeremiah 51:11). 3. Him that bendeth] i.e. his bow in defence of Babylon. Brigandine] coat of mail. 5. See on Jeremiah 50:29. 7. Babylon has been God’s instrument in His vengeance on the nations. 10. Hath brought forth our righteousness] has judged that the Jews’ idolatry has been sufficiently punished, and that they are... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 51:38

(38) They shall roar together like lions . . .—The words are not a continuation of the picture of the preceding verse, but carry us to the scene of revelry that preceded the capture of the city. The princes of Babylon were as “young lions” (Amos 3:4) roaring over their prey. The first clause as well as the second conveys this meaning, and there is probably a reference to the youth of rulers like Belshazzar. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 51:1-64

Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon, then, for all its power and all its independence, was an instrument of God, and no one can deeply study the Word of God without coming to perceive the awful emphasis that it lays on the fact of instrumentality. I. Now sometimes the blindest eye can see how exquisitely the instruments of God are fitted to the task God has in hand. But is not the general rule the very opposite? I think it is the reverse that strikes us most. 1. Think, for example, of the instrument which He... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-64

CHAPTER XXVBABYLONJeremiah 50:1-46, Jeremiah 51:1-64"Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."- Jeremiah 50:2THESE chapters present phenomena analogous to those of Isaiah 40:1-31; Isaiah 41:1-29; Isaiah 42:1-25; Isaiah 43:1-28; Isaiah 44:1-28; Isaiah 45:1-25; Isaiah 46:1-13; Isaiah 47:1-15; Isaiah 48:1-22; Isaiah 49:1-26; Isaiah 50:1-11; Isaiah 51:1-23; Isaiah 52:1-15; Isaiah 53:1-12; Isaiah 54:1-17; Isaiah 55:1-13; Isaiah 56:1-12; Isaiah 57:1-21; Isaiah 58:1-14;... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 51:1-64

CHAPTERS 50-51 Babylon These two final chapters contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon, her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the statement “thus far are the words of Jeremiah.” There is a direct statement that Jeremiah wrote all these words. We find it at the close of Jeremiah 51:59-64 . “Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.” It would be a brazen infidelity which says Jeremiah did... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 51:20-45

Is not this command to the people of God, to go out of Babylon, the same as gospel precepts, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 ; Revelation 18:4 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:38

Roar. They shall retain their haughty air and threaten others, when they themselves shall fall (Calmet) in the midst of their feasting, Daniel v. 30. (Xenophon vii.) read more

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