Jeremiah 51:58 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broadk walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. ”

Jeremiah 51:58 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The broad walls - Herodotus makes the breadth of the walls 85 English feet. Broken - See the margin. i. e., the ground beneath them shall be laid bare by their demolition. The people - Or...
Jeremiah 51:58 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The (i) broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the people in the fire, an...
Jeremiah 51:58 - 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 51:58 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

walls. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "wall". people . peoples. be weary . faint.
Jeremiah 51:58 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet again introduces God as the speaker, that what he said might obtain more attention from the Jews; and for this reason he subjoined a eulogy to the last verse, and said that the ki...
Jeremiah 51:58 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they...
Jeremiah 51:58 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken— See Isaiah 47:7-8 ; Isaiah 47:13 . Houbigant reads the latter part of the verse, And the people shall labour for a thing of nought, and exhaus...
Jeremiah 51:58 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and...
Jeremiah 51:58 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
Jeremiah 51:58 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Her high gates shall be burned with fire. — These were part of the works on which Nebuchadnezzar prided himself as the restorer of the city. The inscription already quoted refers to these as well a...
Jeremiah 51:58 - 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 51:58 - 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 51:58 - 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 51:58 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord of hosts ,.... Because what follows might seem incredible ever to be effected; it is introduced with this preface, expressed by him who is the God of truth, and the Lord God omni...
Jeremiah 51:58 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they...
Jeremiah 51:58 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken , &c. That the walls of Babylon were of a prodigious height and thickness, Herodotus tells, who says, they were 200 cubits high, and 50 cubits...
Jeremiah 51:58 - 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 51:58 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Incredible things are told us by historians of this great city. They say the compass of it was threescore miles about; that her walls were in height two hundred feet, her breadth such as two chariots...
Jeremiah 51:58 - 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 51:58 - 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 51:58 - 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 51:58 - 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 51:58 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Spoilers
Jeremiah 51:58 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:13 ; Isaiah 45:1 ; Isaiah 45:2 ; Isaiah 65:23 ; Jeremiah 50:15 ; Jeremiah 51:30 ; Jeremiah 51:44 ; Jeremiah 51:64 ; Jeremiah 51:9 ; Psalms 127:1
Jeremiah 51:58 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Weary — Though the people should labour to quench this fire, or to rebuild this city, yet it would be all lost labour.

Jeremiah 51:58 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 51:58 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 51:58 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 51:58 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 51:58 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:58 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 51:58 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:58 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 51:58 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:58 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 51:58 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 51:58 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 51:58 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes