“ I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. ”
Lambs ... rams ... he goats - i. e., all classes of the population (see Isaiah 34:6 note).
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...
This is a comparison different from the former, when the Prophet said that they would be like lions, but as to roaring only. But he now shows how easy would that ruin be when it should please G...
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter... — The figure is changed, and the revellers appear as themselves destined to be the victims of the slaughter-house ( Jeremiah 48:15 ; Jeremiah...
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 .
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter ,.... To the place of slaughter; who shall be able to make no more resistance than lambs. This explains what is meant by being made drunk, and slee...
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. Ver. 40. I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter. ] All that which followeth here to the end of this oration...
The Judgment of Babylon. B. C. 595. 1 Thus saith the L ORD ; Behold, I will raise up aga...
That is, they shall be destroyed before they are aware of it.
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
Ezekiel 39:18 ; Isaiah 34:6 ; Jeremiah 50:27 ; Psalms 37:20 ; Psalms 44:22