Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her (x) bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their judgment.
(x) Her princes and mighty men.
Slay all her (x) bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their judgment.
(x) Her princes and mighty men.
Verse Jeremiah 50:27. _SLAY ALL HER BULLOCKS_] Princes, magistrates, c., c....
HER BULLOCKS - Her strong youths....
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...
VISITATION. See note on "Pekod", Jeremiah 50:21....
_her bullocks_ her choice youths, the flower of her army. Cp. for the figure Isaiah 34:7. For the expression "go down to the slaughter" cp. Jeremiah 48:15, and for "the time of their visitation" Jerem...
SLAY ALL HER BULLOCKS— The Vulgate and Chaldee have explained the sense of this figure by rendering it, _her strong men._...
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...
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. SLAY ALL HER BULLOCKS - i:e., princes and strong warriors (; ; )....
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...
BULLOCKS] i.e. her choice young warriors: cp. Jeremiah 48:15....
SLAY ALL HER BULLOCKS. — The words are probably to be taken figuratively of the captains and men of war of Babylon, as in Psalms 22:12; Isaiah 34:7; Jeremiah 48:15 (see Note), and...
חִרְבוּ֙ כָּל ־פָּרֶ֔יהָ יֵרְד֖וּ לַ † טָּ֑בַח...
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...
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...
He goes on with the same subject; he bids the Persians and the Medes to slay every strong man in Chaldea; for by _bullocks _he no doubt means by a metaphor all those who excelled in strength, or in po...
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...
SLAY ALL HER BULLOCKS,.... Or, "all her mighty ones", as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version; her princes and great men, as Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel; compared to bullocks for their strength, fat...
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. Ver. 27. _Slay all her bullocks._] Heb., Sword them, sheath your swords i...
_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...
Slay all her bullocks, her entire population; LET THEM GO DOWN TO THE SLAUGHTER. WOE UNTO THEM! FOR THEIR DAY IS COME, THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION, their punishment at the hands of Jehovah....
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...
By BULLOCKS in this place interpreters generally understand the great and rich men of Babylon....
Jeremiah 50:27 Slay H2717 (H8798) bulls H6499 down H3381 (H8799) slaughter H2874 Woe H1945 day H3117 come...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 50:27 BULLS. A technical term for choice young bulls, probably referring to Babylon’s soldiers (Isaiah 34:6). go down t
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)....
Ezekiel 39:17; Ezekiel 7:5; Isaiah 34:7; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 4
Bullocks — The great and rich men of Babylon....