Verse-by-Verse Bible CommentaryJeremiah 51:54
The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! Jump to: Barne's Notes • Coffman Commentaries • Gill's Exposition • Calvin's Commentary • Trapp's Commentary • Poole's Annotations • Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged • Treasury of Knowledge Other Authors
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole BibleA cry - i. e., the war-cry. Copyright Statement Bibliography Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible"The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite. And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary." "They shall sleep ... saith the King ..." (Jeremiah 51:57). Right in the midst of all the records regarding ancient kings, governors, deputies, etc., the real KING is introduced. He is Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel. "The broad walls of Babylon ..." (Jeremiah 51:58). Once more, we shall allow the ancient pagan authorities to tell us about those broad walls. "Herodotus gave their breadth as 85 feet, Strabo and Curtius agreed that they were 31 feet";[21] and Donald Wiseman found some pagan authority who gave the width as 25 feet![22] One ancient writer tells us that four chariots could be raced abreast upon the top of Babylon's walls. Copyright Statement Bibliography John Gill's Exposition of the Whole BibleA sound of a cry cometh from Babylon,.... Of the inhabitants of it upon its being taken; which is said to denote the certainty of it, which was as sure as if the cry of the distressed was then heard: and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans; that is, the report of a great destruction there, was, or would be, carried from thence, and spread all over the world. Copyright Statement Bibliography Calvin's Commentary on the BibleJeremiah in a manner exults over Babylon, in order that the faithful, having had all obstacles removed or surmounted, might feel assured that what the Prophet had predicted of the fall of Babylon would be confirmed, he then brings them to the very scene itself, when he says, that there would be the voice of a cry from Babylon, and that there would be great breaking or distress from the land of the Chaldeams We, at the same time, may render שבר, shober, here “crashing,” so that it may correspond with the previous clause: he had said, The voice of a cry from Babylon; now he says,a crashing from the land of the Chaldeans They call that sound crashing, which is produced by some great shaking; as when a great mass falls, it does not happen without a great noise. This, then, is properly what the Prophet means. We have already stated why he used these words, even that the faithful might have before their eyes the event itself, which as yet was incredible. It follows, — Copyright Statement Bibliography John Trapp Complete CommentaryJeremiah 51:54 A sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: Ver. 54. A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon.] See Jeremiah 48:3. Copyright Statement Bibliography Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy BibleTo assure them that what God threatened should certainly be, he calls to the Jews to listen, as if already there were cry from Babylon, and a sound of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans. Copyright Statement Bibliography Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - UnabridgedA sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: No JFB commentary on this verse. Copyright Statement Bibliography Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeA sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
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