Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Jeremiah 51:62
Thou shalt testify that thou believest what thou hast read to be what shall most certainly come to pass, by speaking words to this sense.
Thou shalt testify that thou believest what thou hast read to be what shall most certainly come to pass, by speaking words to this sense.
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...
DESOLATE FOR EVER. age-abiding desolations, show-ing that this prophecy must wait. future fulfilment....
_then see … and say_ From "and say" to the end of Jeremiah 51:62 is probably the addition of a compiler; it is a needless interruption to the close connexion of the preceding words with Jeremiah 51:63...
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...
51:62 ever. (a-34) As ver. 26....
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
THEN SHALT THOU SAY, O LORD... — The words which recite the predictions of Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 50:39 are of the nature of an implied prayer, reminding Jehovah of that which He had promised, and en...
וְ אָמַרְתָּ֗ יְהוָה֙ אַתָּ֨ה דִבַּ֜רְתָּ אֶל...
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;...
_And thou shalt say, Jehovah, thou hast spoken against this place _It hence appears that Seraiah was commanded to read the book, not for the benefit of hearers, for they would have been doubly deaf to...
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...
THEN SHALL THOU SAY, O LORD,.... Acknowledging this prophecy to be of God; believing the accomplishment of it; and praying over it, and for it, like a good man, as doubtless he was: THOU HAST SPOKEN...
Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. Ver. 62. _Then shalt thou...
_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...
THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...
then shalt thou say, O Lord, Thou hast spoken against this place to cut it off that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever, reminding the Lord, as it wer...
DESOLATE: _ Heb._ desolations...
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...
Jeremiah 51:62 say H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 spoken H1696 (H8765) place H4725 off H3772 (H8687
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...
Ezekiel 35:9; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 14:22; Isaiah 14:23; Jeremiah
Shalt say — Thou shalt testify that thou believest what thou hast read....