Jeremiah 51:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. ”

• Jeremiah 51:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Fanners - Or, winnowers.

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  fanners... fan. winnowers... winnow. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6.

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Here he explains himself more clearly, without the metaphor he had used. He no longer uses the similitude of wind when he declares that he would send fanners At the same time some take זארי...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. And will send - fanners - When the corn is trodden o...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Fanners, &c.— Winnowers, &c. This image is frequently made use of by the Hebrew prophets to represent the ease with which the Almighty disperses and destroys his enemies. See Isaiah 21:1...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. Fanners - (note, Jeremiah 15:7 ). The fanne...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Fanners, that shall fan her. — The Hebrew word as it stands means “strangers,” but a change of the vowel-points would give etymologically “winnowers” or “fanners,” though the word is not found else...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I beg the Reader particularly to take notice of this last verse. Amidst all the chastisements of the Lord, and the permission given to the enemies of the Church to oppose her, the Lord's own testimon...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And I will send unto Babylon farmers, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land ,.... Or, "strangers that shall fan her" c; meaning the Medes and Persians, who should be like a strong wind upon t...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. Ver. 2. And I will send unto Babylon farmers. ]...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Behold, I will raise up against Babylon Darius and Cyrus, who came against Babylon, came by a divine instinct. God excited their spirits to accomplish his purpose against that idolatrous city, and...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Judgment of Babylon. B. C. 595.       1 Thus saith the L ORD ; Behold, I will raise up aga...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Wicked men are compared to chaff , Psalms 1:4 . Such as execute judgment on them are called fanners , Jeremiah 15:7 ; so Matthew 3:12 ; because as the fanner keepeth what is in the fan unq...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  YHWH's Vengeance On Babylon And The Vindication Of Israel/Judah ( Jeremiah 51:1-14 ). The proclamation of the certainty of YHWH's coming judgment on Babylon, and on all that it stands for, continu...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 West...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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, appla...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Threat of Jehovah in its Various Forms

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• Jeremiah 51:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 5:12 ; Isaiah 41:16 ; Jeremiah 15:7 ; Jeremiah 50:14 ; Jeremiah 50:15 ; Jeremiah 50:29 ; Jeremiah 50:32 ; Jeremiah 51:27 ; Jeremiah 51:28 ; Matthew 3:12

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