No man — Cyrus only made them tributaries, and took away their government. But Seleucus Nicanor, a Grecian prince, utterly destroyed Babylon, so that in the time of Adrian the Roman emperor, there was nothing left standing of that great city.
Verse Jeremiah 50:40. _AS GOD OVERTHREW SODOM_] As the very _ground_ on which these cities stood, with all the _plain_, now lies under the _Dead_ _Sea_; so _Babylon_ and the _adjacent country_ shall...
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...
OVERTHREW, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:25). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 49:18. MAN. Hebrew. _Ish_. App-14....
These _vv_. closely resemble Isaiah 13:19-22....
II. THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON Jeremiah 50:35 to Jeremiah 51:26 In this section of the Babylon oracle the major theme of the fall of Babylon becomes more prominent. The minor theme of the deliverance...
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. AS GOD OVERTHREW SODOM AND GOMORRAH -...
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...
AS GOD OVERTHREW SODOM... — The whole verse is reproduced from Jeremiah 49:18. We enter here, indeed, upon a mosaic of quotations, or at least recollections of other prophecies. Thus Jeremiah 50:41 ar...
כְּ מַהְפֵּכַ֨ת אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת ־סְדֹ֧ם וְ אֶת
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 must not detain the Reader, by entering upon the many interesting particulars here enumerated of God's judgments upon Babylon. I only briefly observe, that the history of that kingdom hath fully sho...
This verse confirms and explains the previous verse. But that the design of the Prophet may be more evident, we must remember what Jude in his epistle (Jude 1:7) says, that the destruction of Sodom is...
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...
AS GOD OVERTHREW SODOM AND GOMORRAH, AND THE NEIGHBOUR [CITIES] THEREOF, SAITH THE LORD,.... Admah and Zeboim: [SO] SHALL NO MAN ABIDE THERE, NEITHER SHALL ANY SON OF MAN DWELL THEREIN; the same is s...
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour [cities] thereof, saith the LORD; [so] shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. Ver. 40. _As God overthrew Sodom._]...
_A drought is upon all her waters_ Our translators, after the example of the Vulgate and others, have rendered חרב, _a drought_, here, whereas they have translated it _a sword_ in the preceding verses...
THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, the smaller towns of Admah and Zeboim, SAITH THE LORD, SO SHALL NO MAN ABIDE THERE, in Babylon, NEITHER SHALL ANY SON OF MAN DWELL...
33-46 It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own...
The substance of both these verses is, that Babylon should be totally ruined, as Sodom and Gomorrah, so as there should be no habitations for men, but wild beasts only of all sorts should inhabit and...
Jeremiah 50:40 God H430 overthrew H4114 Sodom H5467 Gomorrah H6017 neighbors H7934 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068
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...
THE COMING JUDGMENT ON BABYLON IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S PURPOSE (JEREMIAH 50:35). The opening verses could be called ‘the Song of the Sword'. The sword is mentioned five times. Jeremiah 50:35 “A s...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 50:39 See Isaiah 13:19. These verses paint a picture of defeat and desolation....
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 Peter 2:6; Amos 4:11; Deuteronomy 29:23; Genesis 19:24; Genesis 19:25