Jeremiah 51:48 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. ”

• Jeremiah 51:48 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Then the heaven and (c) the earth, and all that [is] in them, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come to her from the north, saith the LORD. (c) All creatures in heaven and earth will re...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - 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 51:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the heaven... shall sing. Figure of speech Poeanismos and Prosopopoeia. all that is therein. Compare Revelation 19:1-3 .

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  That, he might more fully convince the Jews of the truth of all that he has hitherto said of the destruction of Babylon, he declares that God would effect it, and that it would be applauded by...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. The heaven and the earth - shall sing for Babylo...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. The heaven and the earth ... shall sing fo...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then the heaven and the earth... — The prophet, following in the track of Isaiah ( Isaiah 44:23 ), thinks of the whole creation as rejoicing in the righteous judgment of Jehovah on the guilty city,...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - 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 51:48 - 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 51:48 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  If the Reader will compare what is here said, with what is said of mystic Babylon in the New Testament, he will soon perceive what a striking resemblance there is between things temporal and spiritua...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then the heaven and the earth, and all that [is] therein , shall sing for Babylon ,.... At the destruction of her, rejoicing at it; not at the ruin of fellow creatures, simply considered; but rela...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then the heaven and the earth, and all that [is] therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. Ver. 48. Then the heaven and the earth, &...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Therefore behold , or rather, Then soon, the days come that I will do judgment upon the graven images , &c. That is, cause the statues of the gods of Babylon to be broken to pieces, or carried...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - 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 51:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  All the creatures in heaven and earth. shall rejoice at the vengeance which God shall take upon Babylon, which had been the destroyer of so many of their people. The Median soldiers are those here ca...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Reasons For Babylon's Demise ( Jeremiah 51:47-49 ). We now learn again the reasons for Babylon's demise. It was because of her graven images ( Jeremiah 51:47 ), with all their para-normal rami...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - 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 51:48 - 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 51:48 - 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 51:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Work of the Spoilers

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Isaiah 44:23 ; Isaiah 48:20 ; Isaiah 49:13 ; Jeremiah 50:3 ; Jeremiah 50:41 ; Jeremiah 50:9 ; Jeremiah 51:10 ; Jeremiah 51:11 ; Proverbs 11:10 ; Psalms 58:10 ; Psalms 58:11 ; Revelation 1...

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• Jeremiah 51:48 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Then — All the creatures in heaven and earth shall rejoice at the vengeance which God shall take upon Babylon.

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