The Portion of Jacob, &c.— Not such a one is he who hath Jacob for his portion; for he hath created all things: not such a one is he who hath the sceptre of his inheritance; whose name is the Lord of Hosts. Houbigant.
A transcript of Jeremiah 10:12....
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 PORTION OF JACOB, &C. Note the _Alternation_ in Jeremiah 51:19, Not such as these is Jacob's Portion: (Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 16:5). For [the] Former of all things is He: And the Sceptre of his...
These _vv_. are taken almost _verbatim_from Jeremiah 10:12-16. The object of the insertion is to emphasize the powerlessness of Babylon's idols against Jehovah....
D. Divine Destruction Jeremiah 51:11-26 TRANSLATION (11) Polish the arrows! Fill the shields! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the king of the Medes; for His purpose is against Babylon to destroy i...
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. HE HATH MADE THE EARTH BY HIS POWER ... WHEN HE UTTERETH HI...
51:19 rod (g-22) Or 'tribe.' See ch. 10.16....
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
(15-19) HE HATH MADE THE EARTH BY HIS POWER... — The five verses are a reproduction of Jeremiah 10:12, fitted in here to enhance the majesty of Him Who decrees the destruction of Babylon, and appoints...
לֹֽא ־כְ אֵ֜לֶּה חֵ֣לֶק יַעֲקֹ֗וב כִּֽי ־יֹוצ
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 (m) portion of Jacob [is] not like them; for he [is] the one who formed of all things: and [Israel is] the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts [is] his name. (m) That is, the true God of Is...
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...
Had the Prophet only said that idols were mere impostures and mockeries, it would have been indeed something; but this part of his teaching would have been cold and uninteresting, had he not, on the o...
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 PORTION OF JACOB [IS] NOT LIKE THEM; FOR HE [IS] THE FORMER OF ALL THINGS: AND [ISRAEL IS] THE ROD OF HIS INHERITANCE: THE LORD OF HOSTS [IS] HIS NAME. Jeremiah 10:16....
The portion of Jacob [is] not like them; for he [is] the former of all things: and [Israel is] the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts [is] his name. Ver. 19. _The portion of Jacob, &c._] See J...
_O thou that dwellest upon many waters_ The river Euphrates ran through the midst of Babylon, and there was a prodigious lake of water on one side of the city, besides other lesser waters near it, so...
THE THREAT OF JEHOVAH IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS...
The Portion of Jacob is not like them; for He is the Former of all things, and Israel is the rod of His inheritance; the Lord of hosts is His name. This paragraph is repeated from chapter 10:12-16, wh...
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...
We had these five verses all in JEREMIAH 10:12. See there the explication of the several passages in them; the scope of which is only to convince those to whom the prophet spoke, that notwithstanding...
Jeremiah 51:19 Portion H2506 Jacob H3290 Maker H3335 (H8802) tribe H7626 inheritance H5159 LORD H3068 hosts H6635
GOD AS CREATOR IS COMPARED WITH FOOLISH MAN WHO CAN ONLY MAKE IDOLS WHICH ARE FUTILE AND LIFELESS (JEREMIAH 51:15). These verses are a repetition of Jeremiah 10:12 where YHWH as the genuine God of cre...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:15 Stated also in Jeremiah 10:12. God alone created and rules the EARTH. ISRAEL forgot this
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...
1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 32:9; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 47:4;...