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 executing God's judgments on others. Those who have proudly carried everything before them will at length meet with their match, and their day will come to pass.
Key Word: Judgment, Jeremiah 51:9.
Strong Verses: Jeremiah 51:5; Jeremiah 51:15.
CHAPTER LI _Sequel of the prophecies of Jeremiah against Babylon. The_ _dreadful, sudden, and final ruin that shall fall upon the_ _Chaldeans, who have compelled the nations to receive their_ _ido...
IN THE MIDST OF THEM THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME - Or, in Leb-kamai, the cipher for Kasdim, i. e., Chaldaea. This cipher was not necessarily invented by Jeremiah, or used for concealment. It was probaby f...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ ME.. Massoretic note (App-30) says that this is. cryptogram (Hebrew " _Casdim_ "), meaning "the Chaldees". See note on Jere...
Jeremiah 51:1. _against them that dwell in Leb-kamai_ Observe mg. meaning, the centre of hostility to Jehovah. See on Jeremiah 25:26 ("Sheshach"). _a destroying wind_ or better, _the spirit of a destr...
THEM THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME, &C.— See chap. Jeremiah 4:11....
B. Ruthless Destruction Jeremiah 50:41 to Jeremiah 51:5 TRANSLATION (41) Behold, a people shall come from the north, a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the distant parts of the ea...
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; AGAINST THEM THAT DWELL IN THE MIDST OF TH...
51:1 me, (a-24) Lit. 'the heart of _ Leb-kamai_ ,' which is perhaps enigmatical for 'the Chaldeans.' see Note, ch. 25.26....
See on Jeremiah 25:26. 1, 2. The imagery is of the wind scattering the chaff on the threshingfloor. The wind and the fanners are the Medes (Jeremiah 51:11)....
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
LI. (1) I WILL RAISE UP... A DESTROYING WIND. — Literally, _the wind of a destroyer._ In Haggai 1:14; Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:5; 1 Chronicles 5:26 th
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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...
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise against me, a destroying (a) wind; (a) The Medes and Persians who will destroy...
_Thereof. Hebrew leb kamai, "of the heart, rising up against me." (Haydock) --- Many take Leb-kamai to be the enigmatical name of the Chaldeans, by a secret combination of letters, (Kimchi; Grotius) a...
CONTENTS The same subject is prosecuted in this Chapter. The utter destruction of Babylon is declared, and the Lord's judgments upon her determined....
I beg the Reader particularly to take notice of this last verse. Amidst all the chastisements of the Lord, and the permission given to the enemies of the Church to oppose her, the Lord's own testimony...
He proceeds with the same subject. Jeremiah seems, indeed, to have used more words than necessary; but we have stated the reason why he dwelt at large on a matter so clear: His object was not only to...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, BEHOLD, I WILL RAISE UP AGAINST BABYLON,.... This is not a new prophecy, but a continuation of the former, and an enlargement of it. The Babylonians being the last and most notori...
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; Ver. 1. _Behold, I will raise up against Bab...
_Behold, I will raise up against Babylon_ Darius and Cyrus, who came against Babylon, came by a divine instinct. God excited their spirits to accomplish his purpose against that idolatrous city, and t...
THE THREAT OF JEHOVAH IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS...
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against Babylon and against them that dwell in the midst, literally, "in the heart," OF THEM THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME, the inhabitants of the insurgent coun...
MIDST: _ Heb._ heart...
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...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 51 The severe judgment of God against voluptuous, covetous, tyrannical, and idolatrous Babel, in the revenge and for the redemption of Israel, JEREMIAH 51:1. Jeremiah delivereth the b...
Jeremiah 51:1 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 up H5782 (H8688) Babylon H894 dwell H3427 (H8802) Kamai...
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...
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...
_Let Jerusalem come into your mind._ SACRED MEMORIES The captives in Babylon are charged to remember Jerusalem, because the temple of their God was there; to keep them from settling down in Babylon....
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:1 LEB-KAMAI is a code name for Chaldea (BABYLON; see esv footnote). It may simply refer to Babylon as God’s enemy because the nation opposed God ...
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...
2 Kings 19:7; Acts 9:4; Amos 3:6; Ezekiel 19:12; Hosea 13:15;...