Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. I will dry up her sea - Exhaust all her treasures.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Her sea - Probably the great lake dug by Nitocris to receive the waters of the Euphrates. Her springs - Her reservoir; the whole system of ca...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy (u) cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry....
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dry up. Referring to the act of Cyrus (by Gobryas). Compare Jeremiah 51:31 , above. sea . the river Euphrates. So called from its breadth.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Then follows a clearer explanation, when God promises that he would be the avenger of his chosen people, and that whatever the Jews had suffere...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Her sea— That is to say, her river [Euphrates]
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

Sea ] a great lake, or reservoir, made by the Babylonish queen Nitocris. Springs] RV 'fountain,' referring to the network of canals dug for comme...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will dry up her sea... — The nouns have been variously interpreted, some commentators referring it to the “sea” of confluent nations, and finding...
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

Therefore thus saith the Lord ,.... In answer to the prayers of the inhabitants of Zion and Jerusalem, imprecating divine vengeance on Babylon: be...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. Ve...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus saith the Lord, I will plead thy cause This is, as it were, God's answer to the prayers and imprecations of the Jewish people, mentioned in th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Men had need take heed how they give cause of appeals to God against them, especially the appeals of such as are a people that have a covenant relati...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Promises That They Will Be Avenged ( Jeremiah 51:36-40 ). God acknowledges the justice of their plea, and assures them that He will take veng...
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

Therefore, thus saith the Lord, in answering this cry of His children, Behold, I will plead thy cause and take vengeance for thee, acting as the Ad...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Deuteronomy 32:43 ; Habakkuk 2:8-17 ; Hebrews 10:30 ; Hebrews 10:31 ; Isaiah 43:14 ; Isaiah 44:27 ; Isaiah 47:6-9 ; Isai...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dry up — Alluding to what Cyrus did.

³⁶ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 51:36

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary 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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 51:36