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Verse Jeremiah 50:29. _CALL TOGETHER THE ARCHERS_] The preceding
verses are the prediction: here, God calls the _Medes_ and _Persians_
to fulfil it....
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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...
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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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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...
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_the archers_ This is no doubt right, as against mg. _many_. Cp.
Jeremiah 50:14.
_proud_ PRESUMPTUOUS....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ אֶל ־בָּבֶ֣ל ׀ רַ֠בִּים
כָּל ־דֹּ֨רְכֵי...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jeremiah 50:29 together H8085 (H8685) archers H7228 Babylon H894 bend
H1869 (H8802) bow H7198 encamp H2583 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 4:37; Daniel 5:23; Exodus 1