“ A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. ”
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 Jere...
destruction . smash; or, breaking down. Hebrew. shabar. Not the same word as in verses: Jeremiah 50:11 ; Jeremiah 50:21 ; Jeremiah 50:26 .
The Prophet continues the same style of speaking, for he says that there would be the voice or the sound of battle Could he rouse up the Medes and the Persians? not indeed by his own powe...
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
CHAPTER XXV BABYLON Jeremiah 50:1-46 , Jeremiah 51:1-64 "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."- Jeremiah 50:2 THESE Chapter s present phenomena analogous to t...
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 a...
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 Ba...
A sound of battle [is] in the land ,.... In the land of the Chaldeans, as it is expressed in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; the noise of warriors, the clashing of arms, and sound of trumpets, b...
A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction. Ver. 22. A sound of battle is in the land. ] Barrites militaris; this is, not the joyful, but the woeful sound; for war is a woe wh...
A sound of battle is in the land That is, in the land of Chaldea. How is the hammer of the whole earth broken! That oppressive empire that smote the nations with a continual stroke, as is said I...
The Judgment of Babylon. B. C. 595. 21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even aga...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 commence...
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...
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 gra...
Jeremiah 50:1-24 . 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 m...
The Enemies of Babylon Summoned to the Attack
Isaiah 21:2-4 ; Jeremiah 4:19-21 ; Jeremiah 51:54-56
The land — Of Chaldea.