“ They shall roar together like lions: they shall yelli as lions' whelps. ”
Yell - Or, growl.
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...
yell: or, shake themselves.
Here, by another figure, Jeremiah expresses what he had said of the destruction of Babylon, even that in the middle of the slaughter, they would have no strength to resist: they would, at the s...
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. 39. They shall roar ... they shall yell. The capture of Babylon was effected on the night of a festival in honour of i...
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
They shall roar together like lions... — The words are not a continuation of the picture of the preceding verse, but carry us to the scene of revelry that preceded the capture of the city. The prin...
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...
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...
Is not this command to the people of God, to go out of Babylon, the same as gospel precepts, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 ; Revelation 18:4 .
They shall roar together like lions ,.... Some understand this of the Medes and Persians, and the shouts they made at the attacking and taking of Babylon; but this does not so well agree with that,...
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. Ver. 38. They shall roar together like lions. ] When hunger bitten. The Babylonians terrified, and the Persians tumultuating...
Thus saith the Lord, I will plead thy cause This is, as it were, God's answer to the prayers and imprecations of the Jewish people, mentioned in the two foregoing verses. I will dry up her sea, an...
The Judgment of Babylon. B. C. 595. 1 Thus saith the L ORD ; Behold, I will raise up aga...
It is uncertain whether this be to be understood of the Medes, making horrible roarings and noises when they took Babylon; or of the Babylonians, who upon the taking of their city (as is usual) made...
YHWH Promises That They Will Be Avenged ( Jeremiah 51:36-40 ). God acknowledges the justice of their plea, and assures them that He will take vengeance on their behalf. Evil cannot be allowed to t...
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...
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...
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...
The Work of the Spoilers
Isaiah 35:9 ; Jeremiah 2:15 ; Job 4:10 ; Job 4:11 ; Judges 16:20 ; Nahum 2:11-13 ; Psalms 34:10 ; Psalms 58:6 ; Zechariah 11:3
They — The Babylonians, upon the taking of their city.