Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Jeremiah 50:39
Therefore, &c.— Therefore wild cats, with jackals, shall dwell there; and the daughters of the ostriches shall dwell therein. &c.
Therefore, &c.— Therefore wild cats, with jackals, shall dwell there; and the daughters of the ostriches shall dwell therein. &c.
Verse Jeremiah 50:39. _THE WILD BEASTS OF THE DESERT_] _Dahler_ translates these various terms, "The wild cats, the jackals, and the ostriches." And _Blayney_ the same. _Wicklif_, "Dragons, woodewoses...
WILD BEASTS OF THE ISLANDS - Jackals. OWLS - Ostriches (marginal reference note)....
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...
NO MORE INHABITED, &C. Therefore the fulfilment still future....
_wolves_ or perhaps jackals, lit. _howling creatures_(as mg.)....
These _vv_. closely resemble Isaiah 13:19-22....
II. THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON Jeremiah 50:35 to Jeremiah 51:26 In this section of the Babylon oracle the major theme of the fall of Babylon becomes more prominent. The minor theme of the deliverance...
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt...
THE WILD BEASTS OF THE ISLANDS] RV 'the wolves,' Heb. 'howling creatures.' Owls] RY 'ostriches.' 41-46. The enemy approaches and fulfils God's behests. 41-43. See on Jeremiah 6:22. 44-46. Adapted f...
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...
WILD BEASTS OF THE DESERT... — The combination of the two forms of animal life seems taken from Isaiah 13:21. In the original the two words _tziyyim_ and _iiyyim_ have a kind of emphatic assonance. Th...
לָכֵ֗ן יֵשְׁב֤וּ צִיִּים֙ אֶת ־אִיִּ֔ים וְ יָ
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...
Therefore the (b) wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isles shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell in it: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt...
CHAPTER L. Fig-fauns. Monsters of the desert, or demons in monstrous shapes; such as the ancients called fauns and satyrs: and as they imagined them to live upon wild figs, they called them fauni-fic...
I must not detain the Reader, by entering upon the many interesting particulars here enumerated of God's judgments upon Babylon. I only briefly observe, that the history of that kingdom hath fully sho...
_The birds of the forest with the beasts of the forest, _are rendered by some, “the satyrs with the fairies;” but איים, _aiim, _as well as ציים, _tsiim, _are, on the contrary, birds or beasts of the f...
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...
THEREFORE THE WILD BEASTS OF THE DESERT WITH THE WILD BEASTS OF THE ISLANDS SHALL DWELL [THERE],.... Of these creatures Isaiah 13:21; and Isaiah 13:22; AND THE OWLS SHALL DWELL THEREIN; so mystical...
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt...
_A drought is upon all her waters_ Our translators, after the example of the Vulgate and others, have rendered חרב, _a drought_, here, whereas they have translated it _a sword_ in the preceding verses...
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands, the jackals, SHALL DWELL THERE, AND THE OWLS, literally, "daughters of crying," that is, the female ostriches, SHALL DWELL...
THE ENEMIES OF BABYLON SUMMONED TO THE ATTACK...
33-46 It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Jeremiah 50:39 beasts H6728 dwell H3427 (H8799) jackals H338 ostriches H1323 H3284 dwell H3427 (H8804) inhabited
THE COMING JUDGMENT ON BABYLON IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S PURPOSE (JEREMIAH 50:35). The opening verses could be called ‘the Song of the Sword'. The sword is mentioned five times. Jeremiah 50:35 “A s...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 50:39 See Isaiah 13:19. These verses paint a picture of defeat and desolation....
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)....
Isaiah 13:20; Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 34:11; Jeremiah 25:12;...