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Jeremiah 51:64

upon her: and they shall be weary The mg. (rightly) puts a full stop after "upon her" and a colon after "they shall be weary." These latter words (one word in the Heb.) doubtless (so Gi., Co. and others) were taken, probably by accident, from Jeremiah 51:58, when, on the addition of this short section by the compiler, the words "Thus far … Jeremiah" were transferred to this later v. This last sentence is meant to mark off ch. 52, as taken for the most part from 2 Kings.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 51:64. _THUS SHALL BABYLON SINK, C._] This is the emblem of its overthrow and irretrievable ruin. See Revelation 18:21, where we find that this is an emblem of the total ruin of _mystic...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AND THEY SHALL BE WEARY] the last word (in Heb. but one) of the prophecy (see Jeremiah 51:58) with which the symbolic act is thus coupled. THUS FAR, etc.] showing that Jeremiah 52 is by another hand....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY SHALL BE WEARY. — The words are identical with those that had closed the great prophecy in Jeremiah 51:58. What was meant was probably that Seraiah was to repeat the last words of the prediction,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אָמַרְתָּ֗ כָּ֠כָה תִּשְׁקַ֨ע בָּבֶ֤ל וְ ל

  • 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

    And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall (m) be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah. (m) They will not be able...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Sink. The angel did the like; (Apocalypse xviii. 21.; Calmet) and the Phoceans, leaving their country, swore that they would return no more till a piece of red hot iron, which they threw into the sea,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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;...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS HERE Reader! we arrive to the termination of Jeremiah's prophecy, and have seen how sure the word of the Lord is, in destruction to his enemies, and in grace and faithfulness to his people...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘INTO THE BOTTOM, AS A STONE’_ ‘Thus shall Babylon sink.’ Jeremiah 51:64 I. IN EVERY AGE OF THE WORLD BABYLON HAS HAD ITS COUNTERPART.—Babel’s tower cast its shadow over the primitive races of man...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Conclusion follows, _Thus far the words of Jeremiah _We have said that the prophets, after having spoken in the Temple, or to the people, afterwards collected brief summaries, and that these conta...

  • 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

    AND THOU SHALL SAY,.... Not only use the above sign and ceremony, but explain the meaning of it to those of his friends who might accompany him; and what he said was in the name of the Lord, as the fo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah. Ver. 64. _Thus shall Babylon s...

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

    _And thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates_ The prophets, as we have seen, frequently gave sensible representations of the judgments they foretold: see Jeremiah 19:10....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they, the Babylonians, SHALL BE WEARY, they shall be so overcome that it would be impossibl...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE WORK OF THE SPOILERS...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    It hath been often said that Euphrates was that great river which ran by the walls of Babylon; into this Seraiah is commanded by Jeremiah to throw this roll of prophecy against Babylon, symbolically t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 51:64 say H559 (H8804) Babylon H894 sink H8257 (H8799) rise H6965 (H8799) from H6440 catastrophe...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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 51:63 Jeremiah’s final symbolic act (see Jeremiah 13:1; Jeremiah 16:1;...

  • 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

    Habakkuk 2:13; Jeremiah 25:27; Jeremiah 51:42; Jeremiah 51:58; J

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Weary — With that weight of judgment which shall be upon them. The words — The prophetical words of Jeremiah; for the matter of the next chapter is historical, and the book of Lamentations is not prop...

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