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Jeremiah 51:36

Jehovah replies favourably to the demand for vengeance on Babylon.

her sea … her fountain either the Euphrates (cp. the word "sea" as applied to the river Nile in Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 19:5; Nahum 3:8) or, better, the great lake or reservoir, four hundred and twenty furlongs in circumference, made by queen Nitocris (Herod. I. 185), or that constructed by Nebuchadnezzar (see Records of the Past, 2nd series, III. 116).

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See also Jeremiah 51:36 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 51:36. _I WILL DRY UP HER SEA_] Exhaust all her treasures....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HER SEA - Probably the great lake dug by Nitocris to receive the waters of the Euphrates. HER SPRINGS - Her reservoir; the whole system of canals dug Jeremiah 51:13. The wealth of Babylonia depended...

  • 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

    DRY UP. Referring to the act of Cyrus (by Gobryas). Compare Jeremiah 51:31, above. SEA. the river Euphrates. So called from its breadth....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HER SEA— That is to say, _her river_ [Euphrates]...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. The Complaint of Israel and the Reply of the Lord Jeremiah 51:34-40 TRANSLATION (34) Nebuchadnezzar has devoured us, has crushed us, has set us down like an empty vessel. Like a monster he has dev...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. THUS SAITH THE LORD; BEHOLD, I WILL PLEAD THY CAUSE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    51:36 sea, (e-22) i.e. the Euphrates. see Isaiah 19:5 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SEA] a great lake, or reservoir, made by the Babylonish queen Nitocris. SPRINGS] RV 'fountain,' referring to the network of canals dug for commerce and irrigation....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL DRY UP HER SEA... — The nouns have been variously interpreted, some commentators referring it to the “sea” of confluent nations, and finding the wealth of Babylon in the “springs” that fed its...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִי ־רָב֙ אֶת

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy (u) cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. (u) Thus the Lord esteemed the injury done to his...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Spring; commerce, the source of her riches; or rather the waters shall be brought out of their usual channels. For many ages (Calmet) the Euphrates has been lost in sands, and reaches not the Persian...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is not this command to the people of God, to go out of Babylon, the same as gospel precepts, 2 Corinthians 6:17; Revelation 18:4....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Then follows a clearer explanation, when God promises that he would be the avenger of his chosen people, and that whatever the Jews had suffered would be rendered to Babylon: _Therefore thus saith Jeh...

  • 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

    THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD,.... In answer to the prayers of the inhabitants of Zion and Jerusalem, imprecating divine vengeance on Babylon: BEHOLD, I WILL PLEAD THY CAUSE, AND TAKE VENGEANCE FOR T...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. Ver. 36. _Behold, I will plead thy cause._] Not so muc...

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

    _Thus saith the Lord, I will plead thy cause_ This is, as it were, God's answer to the prayers and imprecations of the Jewish people, mentioned in the two foregoing verses. _I will dry up her sea, and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Therefore, thus saith the Lord, in answering this cry of His children, BEHOLD, I WILL PLEAD THY CAUSE AND TAKE VENGEANCE FOR THEE, acting as the Advocate in defending the rights of His people; AND I W...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Men had need take heed how they give cause of appeals to God against them, especially the appeals of such as are a people that have a covenant relation to God. God in those cases ordinarily showeth hi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 51:36 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 plead H7378 (H8801) case H7379 vengeance H5358 (H8765) you...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH PROMISES THAT THEY WILL BE AVENGED (JEREMIAH 51:36). God acknowledges the justice of their plea, and assures them that He will take vengeance on their behalf. Evil cannot be allowed to triumph, a...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:36 PLEAD YOUR CAUSE. See Jeremiah 50:33. DRY UP HER SEA. Cut off her fertility. See...

  • 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

    Deuteronomy 32:35; Deuteronomy 32:43; Habakkuk 2:8; Hebrews 10:30;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Dry up — Alluding to what Cyrus did....

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