Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many (i) waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.
(i) For the land of Chaldea was full of rivers which ran into the Euphrates.
O thou that dwellest upon many (i) waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.
(i) For the land of Chaldea was full of rivers which ran into the Euphrates.
Verse Jeremiah 51:13. _O THOU THAT DWELLEST UPON MANY WATERS_] Thou who hast an abundant supply of waters. It was built on the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates; the latter running through the ci...
UPON MANY WATERS - The great wealth of Babylonia was caused not merely by the Euphrates, but by a vast system of canals, which served for defense as well as for irrigation. THE MEASURE OF THY COVETOU...
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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...
UPON MANY WATERS. Compare Jeremiah 51:42, and Jeremiah 50:38, also Revelation 17:1; Revelation 17:15. covetousness
_upon many waters_ See on Jeremiah 50:38. _abundant in treasures_ conveyed to Babylon from the conquered provinces. _the measure of thy covetousness_ better, _the cubit where thou shalt be cut off_....
O THOU THAT DWELLS, &C.— Upon the river Euphrates, which encompassed Babylon, and was thought to render the city impregnable. _Many waters_ also signify mystically the many people over whom this was t...
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...
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. O THOU THAT DWELLEST UPON MANY WATERS - (; ; note, ). The Euphrates surro...
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....
MANY WATERS] see on Jeremiah 50:38. COVETOUSNESS] RM 'dishonest gain.'...
O THOU THAT DWELLEST UPON MANY WATERS. — The words find an illustration of singular interest in an inscription of Nebuchadnezzar’s given by Oppert (_Expéd. en Mésop._ i. p. 231): “I made water to flow...
_שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙_† עַל ־מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים רַבַּ֖ת אֹֽוצָרֹ֑ת בָּ֥א
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...
_Waters. Not far from the Tigris, and divided into two parts by the Euphrates. (Calmet) --- Entire, being cut up by the roots, pedalis, (Lyranus) or according to the measure of thy crimes. (Delrio) (C...
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 word שכנתי, _shekenti, _is to be taken here for שכנת, _shekenet, _a dweller; and the passage is more clear when we take it as the title of Babylon. And he says that she was _a dweller among waters...
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O THOU THAT DWELLEST UPON MANY WATERS,.... Here Babylon is addressed, either by the Lord, or by the prophet, or the godly Jews; who is described by her, situation, which was by the great river Euphrat...
_O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness._ Ver. 13. _O thou that dwellest upon many waters._] Euphrates and Tigris espec...
_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...
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, the Euphrates with all its tributary canals, irrigation ditches, and swamps being included here, ABUNDANT IN TREASURES, both on account of its natural resources...
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...
Babylon is said to dwell upon many waters, because upon the great river Euphrates, which they say did not only run by it, but almost encompass it, branching itself into many smaller rivers, which made...
Jeremiah 51:13 dwell H7931 (H8802) (H8675) H7931 (H8804) many H7227 waters H4325 Abundant H7227 treasures...
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...
1 Peter 4:7; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:15; 2 Peter 2:3; Amos 8:2;...
Waters — Babylon is said to dwell upon many waters, because the great river Euphrates, did not only run by it, but almost encompass it branching itself into many smaller rivers, which made several par...