Jeremiah 51:49 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Asj Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. ”

Jeremiah 51:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render, “As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so because of Babylon, hare fallen the slain of (or, in) the whole earth.” Babylon has to answer for the general carnage caused by its wars....
Jeremiah 51:49 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

As Babylon [hath caused] the (d) slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. (d) Babylon not only destroyed Israel, but many other nations.
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

all the earth. Compare Isaiah 14:16 ; Isaiah 14:17 .
Jeremiah 51:49 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

THE words literally read thus, “As Babylon, that they might fall, the slain of Israel, so for Babylon they shall fall, the slain of all the lands.” Some, omitting the ל, lamed, in the secon...
Jeremiah 51:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
Jeremiah 51:49 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth— So through Babylon have fallen the slain of the whole earth. The reason is here assigned, why the heavens and the earth, and all that were the...
Jeremiah 51:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall - literally, has been for the falli...
Jeremiah 51:49 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
Jeremiah 51:49 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As Babylon hath caused... — The interpolated words and the marginal reading indicate that the construction is obscure, but the Authorised version probably comes close to the meaning of the original...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As Babylon [hath caused] the slain of Israel ,.... In Jerusalem, when that city was taken the Chaldeans, and destroyed: so at Babylon shall all the slain of all the earth ; or "land"; that is, the...
Jeremiah 51:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

As Babylon [hath caused] the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. Ver. 49. So at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. ] Or rather, Of all the lan...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The words in the Hebrew have some difficulty, which is not so obvious to those not acquainted with that language, but hath given occasion to interpreters to vary in their particular translations of i...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - 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...
Jeremiah 51:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Spoilers
Jeremiah 51:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 2:13 ; Jeremiah 51:10 ; Jeremiah 51:11 ; Jeremiah 51:24 ; Jeremiah 51:35 ; Judges 1:7 ; Matthew 7:2 ; Psalms 137:8 ; Psalms 137:9 ; Revelation 18:5 ; Revelation 18:6
Jeremiah 51:49 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of all the earth — This term must be understood in a restrained sense; the Chaldeans coming up from all parts of Chaldea to help Babylon, were slain there, as by the means of Babylon the Israelites...

Jeremiah 51:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 51:49 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 51:49 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 51:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 51:49 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:49 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 51:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:49 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 51:49 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:49 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 51:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 51:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 51:49 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes