Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 50:28
The voice of them ... - i. e., There is a sound of fugitives escaping from Babylonia. The Jews saw in the fall of Babylon Yahweh’s vengeance for His temple.
The voice of them ... - i. e., There is a sound of fugitives escaping from Babylonia. The Jews saw in the fall of Babylon Yahweh’s vengeance for His temple.
Verse Jeremiah 50:28. _DECLARE IN ZION THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD_] Zion was desolated by Babylon; tell Zion that God hath desolated the desolator. _THE VENGEANCE OF HIS TEMPLE._] Which Nebuchadnezzar...
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...
VENGEANCE. avenging. Son 51:11. Compare Daniel 5:3....
_them that flee_ the liberated Jews. _the vengeance of his temple_ the requital for having burned it in their final capture of Jerusalem. Cp. Jeremiah 51:11....
THE VOICE OF THEM THAT FLEE, &C.— Some of those who were more than ordinarily zealous for the welfare of God's church and people, were ready, upon the first news of the taking of Babylon, to bring the...
C. Babylon's Visitation and Israel's Vindication Jeremiah 50:21-28 TRANSLATION (21) Against the land of Merathaim go up, against the inhabitants of Pekod! Slay and devote her to death (oracle of the...
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. THE VOICE OF THEM THAT FLEE AND ESCAPE OUT OF B...
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...
THE VENGEANCE OF HIS TEMPLE] the requital for having burnt it: cp. Jeremiah 51:11....
THE VOICE OF THEM THAT FLEE... — The abruptness of the opening words, as if the prophet heard the cry of the escaping exiles, would be perhaps best represented by _Hark, the voice..._ The words that f...
קֹ֥ול נָסִ֛ים וּ פְלֵטִ֖ים מֵ אֶ֣רֶץ בָּבֶ֑ל
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...
The voice of them that (y) flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. (y) Of the Jews who would be delivered by Cyrus...
_Voice. I hear the captives proclaiming this at their return._...
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...
The Prophet again shows, that God in punishing Babylon, would give a sure proof of his favor towards his Church. For this prophecy would have been uninteresting to the faithful, did they not know that...
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...
THE VOICE OF THEM THAT FLEE AND ESCAPE OUT THE LAND OF BABYLON,.... The Jews that were captives in Babylon, upon the taking of it, took that opportunity to flee out Of it, and make their escape to the...
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. Ver. 28. _The vengeance of his temple._] Spoiled...
_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...
THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, the fugitives saving their lives in the midst of the general destruction, TO DECLARE IN ZION THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD, OUR GOD, THE...
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...
The prophet here brings in the poor Jews that had been captives in Babylon going back upon Cyrus's proclamation of liberty towards Zion, there joyfully to declare the revenge which their God had taken...
Jeremiah 50:28 voice H6963 flee H5127 (H8801) escape H6405 land H776 Babylon H894 Declares H5046 (H8687) Zion...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:3; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 51:10
The vengeance — The revenge which God had taken for his holy temple, which the Chaldeans had destroyed....