Jeremiah 51:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. ”

Jeremiah 51:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Literally, “A golden cup is Babel in the hand of Yahweh, intoxicating the whole earth.” Jeremiah beholds her in her splendor, but the wine whereof she makes the nations drink is the wrath of God. A...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the (d) LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are (e) mad. (d) By whom the Lord poured out the dri...
Jeremiah 51:7 - 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 51:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made all the earth drunken. Compare Revelation 17:4 . wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.
Jeremiah 51:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here again he anticipates an objection which might have been made; for we know that the kingdoms of the world neither rise nor stand, except through the will of God; as, then, the Prophet threa...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Made all the earth drunken - The cup of God'...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Babylon hath been a golden cup— "The Lord has presented by the hand of Babylon and her kings the cup of his wrath to all the people of the earth: Egypt, Judaea, Phoenicia, Syria, Idumaea, and many...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
Jeremiah 51:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Babylon hath been a golden cup... — The “golden cup” points to the splendour of Babylon, outwardly, as a vessel made to honour (see Notes on Jer. 1.37). But the “wine” in that cup was poisoned, int...
Jeremiah 51:7 - 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 51:7 - 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 51:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Again I beg the Reader to remark, how the Lord points to his discriminating grace. The portion of Jacob is not like others. This people, saith Jehovah, I have formed for myself, they shall show forth...
Jeremiah 51:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the hand of the Lord ,.... Either so called from the liquor in it, being of a yellow colour, or pure as gold, as the Jewish commentators generally; or from the ma...
Jeremiah 51:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Ver. 7. Babylon hath been a golden cup. ]...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Flee out of the midst of Babylon , &c. God's people are here exhorted to flee out of Babylon with all haste, as Lot did out of Sodom, lest they should be consumed in the iniquity of that place:...
Jeremiah 51:7 - 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 51:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A golden cup, because of her great riches and plenty. God hitherto had made me of Babylon as a rod in his hand, and had given her riches, and power, and prosperity proportioned to the service he ha...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Vengeance On Babylon And The Vindication Of Israel/Judah ( Jeremiah 51:1-14 ). The proclamation of the certainty of YHWH's coming judgment on Babylon, and on all that it stands for, continu...
Jeremiah 51:7 - 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 51:7 - 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 51:7 - 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 51:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Threat of Jehovah in its Various Forms
Jeremiah 51:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 2:32 ; Daniel 2:38 ; Daniel 3:1-7 ; Habakkuk 2:15 ; Habakkuk 2:16 ; Isaiah 14:4 ; Jeremiah 25:14-27 ; Jeremiah 25:16 ; Jeremiah 25:9 ; Jeremiah 50:38 ; Revelation 14:8 ; Revelation...
Jeremiah 51:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Drunken — She had made all the nations about her drunken with the Lord's fury. Mad — Through the misery they felt from her.

Jeremiah 51:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 51:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 51:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 51:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 51:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 51:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 51:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 51:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 51:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 51:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes