George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 50:4
Weeping for joy and compunction. Israel returns, as well as Juda. (Calmet) --- Thus Joseph wept when he beheld his brethren, Genesis xlii. 24. (Worthington)
Weeping for joy and compunction. Israel returns, as well as Juda. (Calmet) --- Thus Joseph wept when he beheld his brethren, Genesis xlii. 24. (Worthington)
Verse Jeremiah 50:4. _IN THOSE DAYS, AND IN THAT TIME_] In the times in which Babylon shall be opposed by the Medes and Persians, both Israel and Judah, seeing the commencement of the fulfilling of t...
The fall of Babylon is to be immediately followed by the return of the exiles homewards, in tearful procession, because they go as penitents; and yet with joy, because their faces are toward Zion. The...
CHAPTER S 50-51 BABYLON These two final Chapter s contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon, her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the statement “thus far are the words of Jere...
JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:58. BABYLON. This long and monotonous prophecy, which is without order or logical development of ideas, is largely a compilation from the prophetic writings of Jeremiah an...
IN THOSE DAYS. This prophecy awaits its fulfilment. The conquest by Medo-Persia did not exhaust it. CHILDREN. sons. TOGETHER. Another proof that this prophecy refers to the future. Never yet fulfill...
The overthrow of Babylon shall be the signal for the deliverance and penitent return of the re-united people of God. Cp. Jeremiah 3:12; Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 3:21-25, and elsewhere....
DISCOURSE: 1086 REPENTANCE DESCRIBED Jeremiah 50:4. In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they...
IN THOSE DAYS, AND IN THAT TIME— The return of the ten tribes with that of Judah and Benjamin could not have been marked out more expressly. "They shall return to their country amid tears of joy, of t...
CHAPTER NINETEEN GOD AND BABYLON Jeremiah 50:1 to Jeremiah 51:64 e Eichorn was the first to deny the authenticity of Chapter s 50-51 and he has been followed by most modern critics. Cornill affirms...
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. IN THOSE...
THE FALL OF BABYLON AND THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL The prophecy concerning Babylon is ascribed to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 51:59. This, however, need not mean more than that it represents the tone of Jerem...
The overthrow of their captors shall free the Jews....
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL COME... — The union of the divided sections of the people is significant as being that which the prophet had all along hoped for (Jeremiah 3:14). And the united people are...
בַּ † יָּמִ֨ים הָ הֵ֜מָּה וּ בָ...
CHAPTER XXV BABYLON Jeremiah 50:1, Jeremiah 51:1 "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."- Jeremiah 50:2 THESE Chapter s present phenomena analogous to those of...
The last of the prophecies concerning the nations has to do with Babylon. Throughout the whole of Jeremiah's prophetic utterances, she has been seen as the instrument of God's judgment. Finally, on ac...
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall (d) come, they and the children of Judah together, going and (e) weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. (d)...
What a beautiful description is here given of the people's return to their beloved home! Reader! there is such a thing as tears of joy, as well as tears of sorrow. Holy mourners in Christ, come within...
The Prophet now explains more clearly the purpose of God, that in punishing so severely the Chaldeans, his object was to provide for the safety of his Church. For had Jeremiah spoken only of vengeance...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
IN THOSE DAYS, AND AT THAT TIME, SAITH THE LORD,.... When Babylon shall be taken and destroyed, then what follows shall be accomplished; which, as it respects the conversion of the Jews, shows that th...
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. Ver. 4. _In...
_In those days_ Wherein God shall begin to execute judgment on Babylon; _the children of Israel shall come_, &c. This passage is primarily meant of the return of the Jews from their captivity, upon th...
CHALDEA PUNISHED; ISRAEL REDEEMED...
In those days and in that time, when the punishment would strike Babylon, SAITH THE LORD, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL COME, the members of the Lord's Church of believers among His chosen people, THEY...
1-7 The king of Babylon was kind to Jeremiah, yet the prophet must foretell the ruin of that kingdom. If our friends are God's enemies, we dare not speak peace to them. The destruction of Babylon is...
In the days wherein God shall begin to execute judgment upon Babylon, (which was in the time of Cyrus emperor of the Medes,) the children of Judah shall come out of captivity; and some of the children...
Jeremiah 50:4 days H3117 time H6256 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 children H1121 Israel H3478 come H935 ...
THE FALL OF BABYLON WILL LEAD ON TO THE SPIRITUAL RESTORATION OF ISRAEL (JEREMIAH 50:2). What is to come on Babylon is to be a warning to God's people not to trust in Babylon or enjoy its debauchery a...
YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON BABYLON AND HIS PROMISES CONCERNING THE RESTORATION OF THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE (JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64). The series of prophecies against the nations had commenced with t...
CONTENTS: Prophecies against Babylon and Chaldea. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, King of Assyria, Nebuchadrezzar. CONCLUSION: The pride of men's hearts sets God against them and ripens them in due time f...
Jeremiah 50:1. _The word that the Lord spake against Babylon._ Messiah in person spake to the prophet, as is stated in Jeremiah 48:1. But while he spake against Babylon, his lips dropped with grace an...
_They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward._ TRAVELLING ZIONWARD To return to one’s land of nativity after a long absence is one of the most pleasant experiences of human life. We...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 50:4 When Babylon falls, ISRAEL and JUDAH shall join together (Jeremiah 3:6) to...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This and the following chapter constitute one prophecy against Babylon; and the date of its authorship is given in chap. Jeremiah 51:59: “t...
Jeremiah 50:1. AND 51. ON BABYLON. EXPOSITION We have now reached a point at which some reference is necessary to the centre versies of the so called "higher criticism." An attempt must be made to pu...
Shall we turn now to Jeremiah chapter 50. Chapter 50 begins with the words, The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet (Jeremiah 50:1)....
Ezekiel 37:16; Ezekiel 39:25; Ezra 3:12; Ezra 3:13; Hosea 1:11;...
In those days — In the days wherein God shall begin to execute judgment upon Babylon, (which was in the time of Cyrus) the children of Judah shall come out of captivity, and some of the children of Is...