Jeremiah 50:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

The Fiftieth Prophecy of Jeremiah (see book comments for Jeremiah).

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

and. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text.

by. Hebrew idiom. by the hand of; "hand" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the instrumentality or agency, especially in the inspiration of the written words. See note on Zechariah 7:12.

Jeremiah 50:1

1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans bya Jeremiah the prophet.