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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Jeremiah 51:55

The sword is not so much the sword of the Medes a the sword of the Lord. It is he who is to be looked at, a the spoiler of Babylon. And destroyed out of her the great voice; and hath made to cease in that great city the noise caused from the multitudes of people in it walking up an, down, and trafficking together. The noise of her enemies that shall break in upon her shall be like the noise and roarings of the sea, when it dasheth upon the shore or upon some rocks. That shall be the only noise shall be heard in her, instead of the noises wont there to be made from the multitude of people, or from revellers.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 55. _THE GREAT VOICE_] Its _pride_ and insufferable boasting....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Render, “For Yahweh wasteth Babylon, and will make to cease from her the loud noise (of busy life); and their wares (the surging masses of the enemy) roar like many waters: the noise of their shouting...

  • 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

    DESTROYED. caused to perish. Hebrew. _'abar._ Not the same as in verses: Jeremiah 51:1; Jeremiah 51:3; Jeremiah 51:8; Jeremiah 1:11;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the great voice_ the hum of the city's life. _and their waves_ the surging hosts which pour into the city. See on Jeremiah 51:42. _the noise of their voice_ Cp. Jeremiah 6:23; Isaiah 17:12....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND DESTROYED OUT OF HER THE GREAT VOICE— When cities are populous, they are of course noisy. See Isaiah 22:2. Silence is therefore a mark of depopulation; and in this sense we are to understand God's...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    E. The Final Pronouncement Against Babylon Jeremiah 51:54-58 TRANSLATION (54) Hark! A cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans. (55) For the LORD is destroying Babylon,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: BECAUSE THE LORD HATH ... DESTROYED OUT...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    51:55 their (c-16) i.e. of the invaders....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GREAT VOICE] the hum of the city's life. WHEN HER WAVES] RV 'and their waves,' the surging hostB that encompass the city: cp. Jeremiah 51:42....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SPOILED BABYLON... — In Jeremiah 51:54 the prophet hears the cry of the captured city. The “great voice” which Jehovah “destroys” or “makes to cease” is the stir and tumult of li...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־שֹׁדֵ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְ אִבַּ֥

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Great voice, or boasting and songs of joy, usual at public meetings. --- Noise. They groan under affliction._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If the Reader will compare what is here said, with what is said of mystic Babylon in the New Testament, he will soon perceive what a striking resemblance there is between things temporal and spiritual...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The reason for the crashing is now added, even because God had resolved to lay waste Babylon, and to reduce it to nothing. Jeremiah again calls the faithful to consider the power of God. He then says,...

  • 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

    BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SPOILED BABYLON,.... By means of the Merits and Persians; these were his instruments he made use of; to these he gave commission, power, and strength to spoil Babylon; and theref...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: Ver. 55. _Because the Lord hath spoiled B...

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

    _Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice_ “When cities are populous, they are of course noisy: see Isaiah 22:2. Silence is therefore a mark of depopulation; and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice, the deafening din of the boastful revelers; WHEN HER WAVES, the surging streams of her inhabitants, DO ROAR LIKE GREAT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...

  • 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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 51:55 LORD H3068 plundering H7703 (H8802) Babylon H894 silencing H6 (H8765) loud H1419 voice H6963 waves...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A PROPHETIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FULFILMENT OF YHWH'S WORD SPOKEN AGAINST BABYLON AND CONFIRMATION THAT IT WOULD BE SO (JEREMIAH 51:54). The section dealing with YHWH's word against Babylon, which began...

  • 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 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

    Ezekiel 26:3; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 47:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The great voice — The noises caused from multitudes of people walking up and trafficking together. A noise — The noise of her enemies that shall break in upon her shall be like the roaring of the sea....

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