The word translated archers signifieth also many, and is by divers so translated, but the following words more justify our translation. The cause of God's calling for Babylon's enemies against her is assigned to be her pride against the Lord.
Verse Jeremiah 50:29. _CALL TOGETHER THE ARCHERS_] The preceding verses are the prediction: here, God calls the _Medes_ and _Persians_ to fulfil it....
Or, “Summon the archers to Babylon, even all who bend the bow: encamp against her etc.” In this portion of the prophecy the capture of Babylon is regarded as the punishment due to her for burning 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...
RECOMPENSE HER. See Revelation 18:6. ACCORDING TO. See note on "as", Jeremiah 50:15. Compare Revelation 18:6. THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on...
_the archers_ This is no doubt right, as against mg. _many_. Cp. Jeremiah 50:14. _proud_ PRESUMPTUOUS....
D. Babylon's Recompense and Israel's Redemption Jeremiah 50:29-34 TRANSLATION (29) Summon against Babylon archers, all who handle the bow! Encamp against her round about! Let no one escape! Repay her...
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, d...
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 HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL] cp. Jeremiah 51:5, not elsewhere in this book, but characteristic of Isaiah. 33-40. Babylon shall be utterly laid waste....
RECOMPENSE HER ACCORDING TO HER WORK... — As before, in Jeremiah 50:15, the prophet sees in the fall of Babylon the working of the Divine law of retribution. In “the Holy One of Israel” we note the oc...
הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ אֶל ־בָּבֶ֣ל ׀ רַ֠בִּים כָּל ־דֹּ֨רְכֵי...
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...
I only detain the Reader, to make one remark on this passage, though it furnisheth out many; and the one I beg the Reader particularly to observe is, in my view, a most important one; namely, that Bab...
The Prophet adopts various modes of speaking, and not without reason, because he had to thunder rather than to speak; and then as he spoke of a thing incredible, there was need of no common confirmati...
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...
CALL TOGETHER THE ARCHERS AGAINST BABYLON,.... The Medes and Persians, who were well skilled in archery, especially the Elamites; see Isaiah 22:6; hence Horace d makes mention of "Medi pharetra"; and...
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do...
_The Lord hath opened his armory_, &c. God hath raised up enemies to subdue the Chaldeans, namely, Cyrus and his confederates, and hath furnished them with all the means necessary for such an undertak...
THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
Call together the archers against Babylon, for the siege of the city; ALL YE THAT BEND THE BOW, CAMP AGAINST IT ROUND ABOUT, leaving no loophole for escape; LET NONE THEREOF ESCAPE. RECOMPENSE HER ACC...
21-32 The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripen...
Jeremiah 50:29 together H8085 (H8685) archers H7228 Babylon H894 bend H1869 (H8802) bow H7198 encamp H2583 ...
YHWH CALLS ON THE NATIONS TO FULFIL HIS WILL AS REGARDS BABYLON (JEREMIAH 50:21). We should note here how personal God's involvement is seen to be in the judgment coming on Babylon. It is in accordanc...
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...
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)....
2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 4:37; Daniel 5:23; Exodus 1