Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jeremiah 51:60
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon, as contained in the last two ers.
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon, as contained in the last two ers.
Verse Jeremiah 51:60. _WROTE IN A BOOK_] Whether this book contained any more than is recorded in this place we do not know; probably it contained no more than what is found in Jeremiah 51:62-24. A _b...
Historical appendix. In his fourth year Zedekiah journeyed to Babylon either to obtain some favor from Nebuchadnezzar, or because he was summoned to be present on some state occasion. Jeremiah took th...
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...
WROTE IN. BOOK. wrote in one scroll. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a_. App-44....
_a book_ See introd. note. The latter part of the _v_. which seems to identify this book, or rather _roll, scroll_, with the preceding prophecy, Jeremiah 50:2 to Jeremiah 51:58, is doubtless only a no...
Seraiah's mission The rejection as non-Jeremianic of the preceding prophecy against Babylon (see introd. note to chs. 50, 51) by no means need involve suspicion of this section. Here impassioned denu...
IV. THE HISTORY OF THE BABYLON PROPHECY Jeremiah 51:59-64 TRANSLATION (59) The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, ki...
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Serai...
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
SO JEREMIAH WROTE IN A BOOK. — The “book” is, as elsewhere, a parchment roll. Stress is laid on the fact that the long prophecy was all written on one roll, so that it might be a fitter symbol of the...
וַ יִּכְתֹּ֣ב יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ אֵ֧ת כָּל ־הָ רָעָ
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...
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...
Here the subject closeth, both to Jeremiah's prophecy, and the predictions against Babylon; and a solemn close it is. The best and truest explanation we find to the whole is in the Book of Revelation;...
Here we see, on one hand, what courage the Prophet had, who dared to command the king’s messenger; for though Seraiah was a meek man, so as to render himself submissive, yet Jeremiah exposed himself t...
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...
SO JEREMIAH WROTE IN A BOOK ALL THE EVIL THAT SHOULD COME UPON BABYLON,.... The evil of punishment predicted and threatened: this he delivered, not by word of mouth to Seraiah to relate when he came t...
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon. Ver. 60. _So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil._] For Babylon's co...
_So Jeremiah wrote in a book_ Namely, in the two foregoing Chapter s; _all the evil that should come upon Babylon_ This was done that it might be known even in Babylon itself that Jeremiah had foretol...
59-64 This prophecy is sent to Babylon, to the captives there, by Seraiah, who is to read it to his countrymen in captivity. Let them with faith see the end of these threatening powers, and comfort t...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Jeremiah 51:60 Jeremiah H3414 wrote H3789 (H8799) a H259 book H5612 evil H7451 come H935 (H8799) Babylon...
JEREMIAH HANDS TO ONE OF THE GODLY LEADERS WHO IS GOING WITH KING ZEDEKIAH ON A JOURNEY TO BABYLON A SCROLL CONTAINING HIS PROPHECIES ABOUT BABYLON. THIS WAS TO BE USED SYMBOLICALLY TO DENOTE THE CERT...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:60 JEREMIAH WROTE IN A BOOK all these words concerning BABYLON (most likely Jeremiah 50:2)....
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...
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...
Daniel 12:4; Habakkuk 2:2; Habakkuk 2:3; Isaiah 30:8; Isaiah 8:1;...