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Jeremiah 51:44

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, the chief deity of the Babylonians, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up, taking away from him what he had robbed and devoured through the hands of those who worshiped him; and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him, flocking to Babylon in streams to consecrate their treasures to him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall, so that the city would be open to all enemies. The destruction of Babylon thus being decided, the people of God are admonished to leave its confines.

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See also Jeremiah 51:44 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 51:44. _I WILL PUNISH BEL IN BABYLON_] Bel or Belus was their supreme deity. _THAT WHICH HE HATH SWALLOWED UP_] The sacred vessels of the temple of Jerusalem, which were taken thence b...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The sacred vessels plundered from Jerusalem, and laid up in the very temple of Bel, should be restored; the men and women dragged from other lands to people the city, released; and its wall falling wo...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE WALL OF BABYLON. Now recently laid bare by excavations....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Bel_ See on Jeremiah 50:2. _that which he hath swallowed up_ the riches of the subjugated nations. Cp. Jeremiah 51:34. Co. thinks that parallelism requires the mention of a deity, and proposes, wit...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The LXX omit from "yea, the wall" (Jeremiah 51:44) to "the slain of Israel to fall" (Jeremiah 51:49), but the omission is probably accidental, the scribe's eye passing from the first "Babylon shall fa...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND I WILL PUNISH BEL— _And I do take vengeance or judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will draw his morsel out of his mouth; and the nations,_ &c. That is, the presents which have been brought to his...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. Babylon's Demolition and Israel's Liberation Jeremiah 51:41-46 TRANSLATION (41) How sad that Sheshak is captured, the praise of all the earth is taken! How sad that Babylon has become an astonishm...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fa...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BEL] see on Jeremiah 50:2. THAT WHICH HE HATH SWALLOWED UP] the riches of the subjugated nations....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND I WILL PUNISH BEL IN BABYLON. — See Note on Jeremiah 50:2. The god whom Babylon worshipped is, as before, thought of as sharing her downfall. He is made to disgorge his spoil, the vessels of the T...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ פָקַדְתִּ֨י עַל ־בֵּ֜ל בְּ בָבֶ֗ל וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the second movement of the prophecy which deals with Babylon's doom and Israel's responsibility, Jeremiah first repeated his declarations concerning the determination of Jehovah to bring about the...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which (a) he hath swallowed: and the nations shall not flow together any more to him: even the wall of Babylon shall fall...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER LI. _ Down. His priests pretended that he eat, (Daniel xiv. 11.) and a woman of their choice slept in the most retired part of the temple. (Herodotus i. 181.) --- The prophet derides this not...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    God again declares that he would take vengeance on the idols of Babylon; not that God is properly incensed against idols, for they are nothing but things made by men; but that he might show how much h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL PUNISH BEL IN BABYLON,.... The idol of the Babylonians, who had a temple in Babylon, where he was worshipped: the same is called Belus by Aelianus g, Curtius h, and Pausanias i; perhaps the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fal...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And I will punish Bel in Babylon_ The heathen ascribed the honour of all their successes to their idols; and, upon any great victory, offered the best part of the spoils to their gods, and deposited...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secur...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AND I WILL PUNISH BEL AND BABYLON: Bel was the principal Babylonian idol, of which see what is noted JER 1 2. AND I WILL BRING FORTH OUT OF HIS MOUTH THAT WHICH HE HATH SWALLOWED UP; all the vessels o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 51:44 punish H6485 (H8804) Bel H1078 Babylon H894 bring H3318 (H8689) mouth H6310 swallowed H1105 natio

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AN EXULTATION OVER THE CITY OF BABYLON'S DEMISE (JEREMIAH 51:41). We note in this exultation the emphasis on what is to happen to Bel (Marduk), the chief god of Babylon. Babylon had boasted that it wa...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecies against Babylon, continued. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Seraiah. CONCLUSION: Let no nation think it will exempt them from God's judgment that they have been execu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 51:7. _Babylon is a golden cup in the hands of Jehovah._ All the captives and allies are intoxicated with it. All nations bow to her idols, submit to her power, wonder at her riches, applaud...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:44 BEL. See note on 50:1–2. WHAT HE HAS SWALLOWED. Babylon believed that its god gave its victories, but he has no power to help in its time of need.

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—For _Chronological Notes,_ see foregoing chapter. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 51:27. “_The kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenas_.” These nations of Western As...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 51:1 AGAINST THEM THAT DWELL IN THE MIDST OF THEM THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME. The Hebrew has _lēb-kāmai_, which is _Kasdim_, or _Chaldea, _written in the cypher called Athbash (see...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 36:7; Daniel 1:2; Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 3:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Bel — Bel was the principal Babylonian idol. Bring forth — All the vessels of the temple, 2 Chronicles 36:7, and whatever gifts the Babylonians had presented to him. The wall — And the city of Babylon...

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