The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:27-37

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A more detailed sketch of the conquest of Babylon; followed (somewhat out of the natural order) by a complaint on the part of Israel, and a promise of championship on that of Jehovah.

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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58Jeremiah 51:1-58 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe 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 secure her. Destruction comes…The Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)Jeremiah 51:1-58 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON. (B. C. 595.) The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must en…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-64Jeremiah 51:1-64 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:27Jeremiah 51:27 · The Pulpit CommentaryPrepare the nations; literally, consecrate the nations; viz. by religious rites. It is in an especial sense a religious war to which they are summoned (see on Jeremiah 6:4, and comp. Isaiah 13:3). Ararat. Ararat appears…

commentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1-58The 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 secure her. Destruction comes…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON. (B. C. 595.) The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must en…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-64EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:27Prepare the nations; literally, consecrate the nations; viz. by religious rites. It is in an especial sense a religious war to which they are summoned (see on Jeremiah 6:4, and comp. Isaiah 13:3). Ararat. Ararat appears…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:28The captains … the rulers; rather, the governors … the viceroys (as Jeremiah 51:23). Thereof refers to the land of Medea; his dominion to the King of Medea, as the suzerain of the inferior chiefs.Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:29Shall tremble and sorrow. The Hebrew has "trembled and sorrowed" (or, "quaked and writhed for pain"); and in the sequel, have stood (i.e. been ratified by the event, as Jeremiah 44:28). The prophet here, as so often, re…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:30Despair of the Babylonian warriors. Have forborne to fight should rather be have ceased to fight. In their holds. The word is used of hill or mountain fastnesses, and such presumably are referred to here. Their might; r…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 51:30Effeminacy. Doubtless in this utterance there is something of the then customary scorn with respect to women. But this must not make us forget that one of the worst things to be said of a man is that he has become as a…Joseph S. Exell and contributors