Jeremiah 51:42

Daniel 9:26; Ezekiel 27:26-34; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 8:8; Luke 21:25; Psalms 18:16; Psalms 18:4; Psalms 42:7; Psalms 65:7; Psalms 93:3; Revelation 17:15; Revelation 17:16

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 51:42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared to the sea.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (z) sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves. (z) The great army of the Medes and Persians.
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

THE Prophet here employs a comparison, in order more fully to confirm his prophecy respecting the destruction of Babylon; for, as it was incred...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. The sea is come up - A multitude of foes have inundated the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The sea is come up— A multitude of people, which, like an inundation, carry all before them.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. The sea is come up upon Babylon - "the sea" - i:e.,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The sea ] a figure for the invaders: cp. Jeremiah 51:55 ; Jeremiah 46:7 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The sea is come up upon Babylon... — The literal explanation of the words as referring to the foundation of the Euphrates adopted by some commentat...
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...
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 concerni...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is not this command to the people of God, to go out of Babylon, the same as gospel precepts, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 ; Revelation 18:4 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sea is come up upon Babylon ,.... A vast army, comparable to the great sea for the multitude thereof, even the army of the Medes and Persians un...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. Ver. 42. The sea is come up upon Babylon. ] A sea of host...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How is Sheshach taken! That Babylon is meant by Sheshach is certain; but why it is so called is yet matter of doubt: see note on Jeremiah 25:26 ....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Babylon. B. C. 595. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A multitude of enemies, that are like the sea in which there is a multitude of waters, or that will overrun them as the sea overfloweth the shore, or...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

An Exultation Over The City of Babylon's Demise ( Jeremiah 51:41-44 ). We note in this exultation the emphasis on what is to happen to Bel (Marduk...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—For Chronological Notes, see foregoing chapter. Geographical References. — Jeremiah 51:27 . “ The kingdoms of Ara...
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...
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 Ka...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Spoilers
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The sea is come up upon Babylon, namely, in the hostile armies which would flood the land; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof....
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The sea — A multitude of enemies.

⁴² The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 51:42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 51:42