Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 51:10
Yahweh hath brought to the light those things which prove us to be righteous: i. e., by punishing Babylon He hath justified
Yahweh hath brought to the light those things which prove us to be righteous: i. e., by punishing Babylon He hath justified
Verse Jeremiah 51:10. _THE LORD HATH BROUGHT FORTH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS._] This is the answer of the Jews. God has vindicated our cause....
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...
_hath brought forth our righteousness_ hath made known the justice of our cause (by our enemy's overthrow). Cp. Psalms 37:6....
DISCOURSE: 1089 DUTY OF ACKNOWLEDGING GOD’S MERCIES Jeremiah 51:10. _Come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God!_ THE prophets, whilst foretelling future events, are often transpor...
THE LORD HATH BROUGHT FORTH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS— "The Lord hath made manifest the equity of our cause by the judgment which he hath brought upon Babylon." See Jeremiah 51:9....
C. An Exhortation to Israel Jeremiah 51:6-10 TRANSLATION (6) Flee from the midst of Babylon! Let everyone save his life! Perish not because of her guilt! For it is the time of the vengeance of the LO...
The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. THE LORD HATH ... Next after the speech of the confederates of Babylon comes that of t...
51:10 righteousness. (b-6) Lit. 'our righteousnesses,' as Isaiah 64:6 ....
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
HATH BROUGHT FORTH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS] has judged that the Jews' idolatry has been sufficiently punished, and that they are again to be treated as righteous....
THE LORD HATH BROUGHT FORTH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS... — The Hebrew noun is plural — the many _righteous acts_ or forms of righteousness. The thought is parallel to that of Isaiah 62:1. The exile in Babylon...
הֹוצִ֥יא יְהוָ֖ה אֶת ־צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ בֹּ֚אוּ וּ...
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...
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...
The LORD hath brought forth our (g) righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. (g) In approving our cause and punishing our enemies....
_Justices. We had not injured the Chaldeans, though we had offended God._...
Again I beg the Reader to remark, how the Lord points to his discriminating grace. The portion of Jacob is not like others. This people, saith Jehovah, I have formed for myself, they shall show forth...
The Prophet here addresses the faithful, and especially shows, that the ruin of Babylon would be a sure evidence of God’s paternal favor towards his Church. And it was no common consolation to the fai...
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 LORD HATH BROUGHT FORTH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Or "righteousnesses" i this, as Kimchi observes, is spoken in the person of the Israelites; not as though the Jews had done no iniquity, for which th...
_The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God._ Ver. 10. _The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness,_] _i.e., _ Our just cause, and...
_The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness_ Hath made manifest the equity of our cause, revenged the wrongs we have suffered, and shown ours to be the true religion, by bringing such remarkable ju...
The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness, the just cause of the captives, so the Israelites in their midst declare. COME AND LET US DECLARE IN ZION THE WORK OF THE LORD, OUR GOD. Cf Psalms 102:13...
THE THREAT OF JEHOVAH IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS...
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...
These words are spoken as in the person of the Jews, owning the destruction of Babylon, 1. To be the mighty work of God. 2. An act of justice and judgment, pleading the cause and revenging the wrong...
Jeremiah 51:10 LORD H3068 revealed H3318 (H8689) righteousness H6666 Come H935 (H8798) declare H5608 (H8762) Zio
YHWH'S VENGEANCE ON BABYLON AND THE VINDICATION OF ISRAEL/JUDAH (JEREMIAH 51:1). The proclamation of the certainty of YHWH's coming judgment on Babylon, and on all that it stands for, continues. While...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 52:9; Jeremiah 31:6;...
Some — These words are spoken in the person of the Jews, owning the destruction of Babylon to be the mighty work of God, and an act of justice, revenging the wrongs of his people....