Jeremiah 51:57 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. ”

Jeremiah 51:57 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I will (h) make drunk her princes, and her wise [men], her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name [is] the...
Jeremiah 51:57 - 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 51:57 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah pursues the same subject, he said yesterday that desolators would come to destroy Babylon. He now confirms this by a similitude; and God himself speaks, I will inebriate the princes...
Jeremiah 51:57 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men , her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD...
Jeremiah 51:57 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will make drunk, &c.— See Jeremiah 51:39 . This refers to the same remarkable circumstance in the capture of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:57 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD...
Jeremiah 51:57 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
Jeremiah 51:57 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will make drunk her princes. — The imagery is repeated from Jeremiah 51:39 , and carries out the thought of Jeremiah 25:15-16 ; Jeremiah 25:27 . On the list of officers see Note on Jeremiah 5...
Jeremiah 51:57 - 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 51:57 - 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 51:57 - 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 51:57 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will make drunk her princes ,.... With the wine of divine wrath; that is, slay them; though there may be an allusion to their being drunk with wine at the feast Belshazzar made for his thousan...
Jeremiah 51:57 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise [men], her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD...
Jeremiah 51:57 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice “When cities are populous, they are of course noisy: see Isaiah 22:2 . Silence is therefore a mark of depopulation;...
Jeremiah 51:57 - 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 51:57 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Drunken men use to fall asleep. The prophet speaks here metaphorically. His meaning is, that the Lord would fill them with the wine of his fury, mentioned Jeremiah 30:15,16 , and upon the drinking...
Jeremiah 51:57 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Prophetic Description Of The Fulfilment Of YHWH's Word Spoken Against Babylon And Confirmation That It Would Be So ( Jeremiah 51:54-58 ). The section dealing with YHWH's word against Babylon, wh...
Jeremiah 51:57 - 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 51:57 - 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 51:57 - 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 51:57 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Spoilers
Jeremiah 51:57 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 5:1-4 ; Daniel 5:30 ; Daniel 5:31 ; Habakkuk 2:15-17 ; Isaiah 21:4 ; Isaiah 21:5 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Jeremiah 25:27 ; Jeremiah 46:18 ; Jeremiah 48:15 ; Jeremiah 51:39 ; Malachi 1:14 ;...
Jeremiah 51:57 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Drunk — A plain allusion to the posture the king of Babylon, and the thousand of his lords were in, when their city was taken while they were drinking wine in the bowls that were brought from the t...

Jeremiah 51:57 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 51:57 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 51:57 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 51:57 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:57 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 51:57 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:57 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 51:57 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:57 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 51:57 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 51:57 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 51:57 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes