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Verse Jeremiah 51:9. _WE WOULD HAVE HEALED BABYLON_] Had it been in
our power, we would have saved her; but we could not turn away the
judgment of God....
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Omit would. All was done that it was possible to do to heal her.
TO THE SKIES - Or, to the clouds....
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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...
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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...
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WE. Note this remarkable pronoun.
EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'Ish_. App-14.
IS LIFTED UP. mounteth....
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_We would have healed, etc_.] As the _v_. cannot be taken to express
Jewish sentiment, we must suppose it to be put in the mouth of the
nations, intoxicated by their share in the splendour of Babylon,...
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C. An Exhortation to Israel Jeremiah 51:6-10
TRANSLATION
(6) Flee from the midst of Babylon! Let everyone save his life! Perish
not because of her guilt! For it is the time of the vengeance of the
LO...
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Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for
her pain, if so be she may be healed.
HOWL FOR HER: TAKE BALM FOR HER PAIN ... WE WOULD HAVE HEALED
BABYLON, BUT SHE IS NOT HE...
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1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
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WE WOULD HAVE HEALED BABYLON... — This is the dramatic answer of the
Israelite exiles to the prophet’s appeal. They have done what they
could, but all was in vain. The guilt could not be washed away,...
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_רִפִּ֣ינוּ_† אֶת ־בָּבֶל֙ וְ לֹ֣א
נִרְפָּ֔תָה עִזְב֕וּהָ
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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...
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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...
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We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and
let (f) us go every one into his own country: for her judgment
reacheth to heaven, and is lifted [even] to the skies.
(f) Thus th...
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_We. The guardian angels, or Jews reply. Miracles are lost on her. ---
Heavens. Her crimes call for punishment, Genesis xviii. 21., and Jonas
i. 2._...
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Again I beg the Reader to remark, how the Lord points to his
discriminating grace. The portion of Jacob is not like others. This
people, saith Jehovah, I have formed for myself, they shall show forth...
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The Prophet assumes different characters; he speaks here in the person
of those who of themselves brought help to the Babylonians. And many,
no doubt, would have been ready to assist them, had King Be...
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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...
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WE WOULD HAVE HEALED BABYLON, BUT SHE IS NOT HEALED,.... These are
either the words of the friends of Babylon of her auxiliaries and
allies, who did all they could to defend her against the Persians,...
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We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and
let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth
unto heaven, and is lifted up [even] to the skies.
Ver. 9. _W...
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_Babylon is suddenly fallen_ It was one of the aggravations of the
punishment of Babylon, that her destruction came upon her suddenly and
unexpectedly. _Howl for her_, &c. So the kings, the merchants,...
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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...
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The prophet here seemeth to personate the mercenary soldiers that
should come to help the Chaldeans, as if they should say this, they
would have helped Babylon, but there was no healing for her; and
t...
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Jeremiah 51:9 healed H7495 (H8765) Babylon H894 healed H7495 (H8738)
Forsake H5800 (H8798) go H3212 ...
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YHWH'S VENGEANCE ON BABYLON AND THE VINDICATION OF ISRAEL/JUDAH
(JEREMIAH 51:1).
The proclamation of the certainty of YHWH's coming judgment on
Babylon, and on all that it stands for, continues. While...
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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...
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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...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:9 WE. Perhaps Babylon’s allies. WOULD
HAVE HEALED BABYLON. Would have come to her aid, but such attempts
would be pointless because her sins have reached up to heaven
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 28:9; Daniel 4:20; Ezra 9:6; Isaiah 13:14; Isaiah 47:15
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We — The prophet seems to personate the mercenary soldiers, saying,
they would have helped Babylon, but there was no healing for her....