Chapter 50

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am 3409, bc 595

against Babylon Jer 25:26-27, Jer 27:7, Jer 51:1-14; Ps 137:8-9; Isa 13:1-3, Isa 14:4, Isa 21:1-10; Isa 47:1-15; Hab 2:5-20; Rev 18:1-24

the land Gen 11:31; Job 1:17; Isa 23:13; Acts 7:4

Jeremiah Heb. the hand of Jeremiah, 2Sam 23:2; 2Pet 1:21


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Declare Jer 6:18, Jer 31:10, Jer 46:14; Ps 64:9, Ps 96:3; Isa 12:4, Isa 48:6, Isa 66:18-19; Rev 14:6-8

set up Heb. lift up, Isa 13:2

Babylon Jer 51:8; Isa 21:9; Rev 14:8, Rev 18:2

Bel Jer 51:44; Isa 46:1

Merodach Jer 52:31; Isa 39:1

her idols Jer 50:46, Jer 43:12-13; Isa 37:19; Zeph 2:11; Xerxes, after his return from his unsuccessful expedition into Greece, partly out of religious zeal, being a professed enemy to image worship, and partly to reimburse himself after his immense expenses, seized the sacred treasures, and plundered or destroyed the temples and idols of Babylon, thereby accomplishing the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah. (Isa 21:9, Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:52.) What God declares, "I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth that which he has swallowed," was also literally fulfilled, when the vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of Bel, Dan 1:2, were restored by order of Cyrus, Ezra 1:7, and again carried to Jerusalem. Bp. Newton, Dis. X.


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out of the The Medes, who formed the greatest part of the army of Cyrus. Media lay ne of Babylon. Jer 50:9, Jer 50:41, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27, Jer 51:48; Isa 13:5, Isa 13:17-18, Isa 13:20

which Jer 50:12-13, Jer 50:35-40, Jer 51:8-9, Jer 51:25-26, Jer 51:37-44, Jer 51:62; Isa 13:6-10, Isa 13:19-22, Isa 14:22-24; Rev 18:21-23

both Jer 7:20, Jer 21:6; Gen 6:7; Exod 12:12; Zeph 1:3


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those Jer 50:20, Jer 3:16-18, Jer 33:15, Jer 51:47-48; Isa 63:4

the children of Israel Jer 50:19-20, Jer 50:33-34, Jer 3:18, Jer 33:6-8, Jer 30:10-11, Jer 31:6-7, Jer 31:31, Jer 33:7; Isa 11:12-13; Isa 14:1; Ezek 37:16-22, Ezek 39:25; Hos 1:11

going Jer 31:9-10; Ezra 3:12-13; Ps 126:4-6; Joel 2:12; Zech 12:10; Jas 4:9

seek the Jer 29:12-14; Ps 105:4; Isa 45:19, Isa 55:6; Hos 3:5; Zech 8:21-23


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ask Jer 6:16; Ps 25:8-9, Ps 84:7; Isa 35:8; John 7:17

Come Jer 31:31-36; Isa 2:3-5; Mic 4:1-2; Acts 11:23; 2Cor 8:5

in a Jer 32:40; Gen 17:7; 2Sam 23:5; Isa 55:3, Isa 56:6-7

that shall Jer 32:40; 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 19:14; Heb 8:6-10


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people Jer 50:17; Ps 119:176; Isa 53:6; Matt 9:36, Matt 10:6, Matt 15:24, Matt 18:11-13; Luke 15:4-7; 1Pet 2:25

their shepherds Jer 10:21, Jer 23:11-15; Isa 56:10-12; Ezek 34:4-12; Zech 11:4-9

on the Jer 2:20, Jer 3:6, Jer 3:23; Ezek 34:6

have forgotten Jer 2:32; Ps 32:7, Ps 90:1, Ps 91:1, Ps 116:7; Isa 30:15, Isa 32:2, resting place, Heb. place to lie down in, Ps 23:2; Song 1:7-8; Ezek 34:14, Ezek 34:25-28


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have devoured Jer 50:17, Jer 50:33, Jer 12:7-11; Ps 79:7; Isa 9:12, Isa 56:9

We offend Jer 2:3, Jer 40:2-3; Isa 47:6; Dan 9:6, Dan 9:16; Zech 1:15, Zech 11:5

the habitation Jer 31:23; Ps 90:1, Ps 91:1

the hope Jer 14:8; Ps 22:4-5; 1Tim 1:1


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out of the midst Jer 51:6, Jer 51:45; Num 16:26; Isa 48:20, Isa 52:1; Zech 2:6-7; 2Cor 6:17; Rev 18:4

he goats Prov 30:31


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I will raise Jer 50:3, Jer 50:21, Jer 50:26, Jer 50:41-42, Jer 15:14, Jer 51:1-4, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27-28; Ezra 1:1-2; Isa 13:2-5, Isa 13:17; Isa 21:2, Isa 41:25, Isa 45:1-4

an assembly The army of Cyrus was composed of Medes, Persians, Armenians, Caducians, Sace, etc.; all of which, arranged under the Medes, came from the north.

they shall Jer 50:14, Jer 50:29

expert man or, destroyer

none 2Sam 1:22; Isa 13:18


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Chaldea Jer 25:12, Jer 27:7

all that Isa 33:4, Isa 33:23, Isa 45:3; Rev 17:16


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ye were Prov 17:5; Lam 1:21, Lam 2:15-16, Lam 4:21-22; Ezek 25:3-8, Ezek 25:15-17, Ezek 26:2-3; Obad 1:12

ye destroyers Jer 50:17, Jer 51:34-35; Ps 74:2-8, Ps 79:1-4, Ps 83:1-5; Isa 10:6-7, Isa 47:6; Zech 2:8-9, Zech 14:1-3, Zech 14:12

ye are Jer 50:27, Jer 46:21; Deut 32:15; Ps 22:12; Hos 10:11; Amos 4:1

fat Heb. big, or, corpulent, Jer 5:28

bellow as bulls or, neigh as steeds, Jer 5:8


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mother Jer 49:2; Gal 4:26; Rev 17:5

the hindermost Jer 25:26; Isa 23:13

a wilderness Jer 50:35-40, Jer 25:12, Jer 51:25-26, Jer 51:43, Jer 51:62-64; Isa 13:20-22, Isa 14:22; Rev 18:21-23


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Because Zech 1:15

every Jer 18:16, Jer 19:8, Jer 25:12, Jer 49:17, Jer 51:37; Job 27:23; Isa 14:4-17; Lam 2:15-16; Hab 2:6-18; Zeph 2:15


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in array Jer 50:9, Jer 51:2, Jer 51:11-12, Jer 51:27; 1Sam 17:20; 2Sam 10:9; Isa 13:4, Isa 13:17-18

bend Jer 50:29, Jer 50:42, Jer 46:9, Jer 49:35; Isa 5:28

for she Jer 50:7, Jer 50:11, Jer 50:29; Ps 51:4; Hab 2:8, Hab 2:17; Rev 17:5


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Shout Jer 51:14; Josh 6:5, Josh 6:20; Ezek 21:22

she hath 1Chr 29:24 *marg. 2Chr 30:8 *marg. Lam 5:6; Ezek 17:18

her foundations Jer 51:25, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:58, Jer 51:64

for it Jer 50:14, Jer 50:28, Jer 46:10, Jer 51:6, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:36; Deut 32:35, Deut 32:41, Deut 32:43; Ps 94:1, Ps 149:7; Isa 59:17; Isa 61:2, Isa 63:4; Nah 1:2; Luke 21:22; Rom 3:5, Rom 12:19; 2Thess 1:8

as she Jer 50:29; Judg 1:6-7; 1Sam 15:33; Ps 137:8-9; Matt 7:2; Jas 2:13; Rev 16:6; Rev 18:6, Rev 19:2


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the sower Jer 51:23; Joel 1:11; Amos 5:16

sickle or, scythe

they shall turn every one Jer 46:16, Jer 51:9; Isa 13:14


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a scattered Jer 50:6, Jer 23:1-2; Ezek 34:5-6, Ezek 34:12; Joel 3:2; Matt 9:36-38; Luke 15:4-6; John 10:10-12; 1Pet 2:25

the lions Jer 2:15, Jer 5:6, Jer 49:19, Jer 51:38

first 2Kgs 15:29, 2Kgs 17:6-23, 2Kgs 18:9-13; 2Chr 28:20, 2Chr 32:1-23, 2Chr 33:11; Isa 7:17-20; Isa 8:7-8, Isa 10:5-7, 36:1-37:38

this Jer 39:1-8, Jer 51:34-35, Jer 52:1; 2Kings 24:1-25:30; 2Chr 36:1-23; Isa 47:6; Dan 6:24


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as I Isa 37:36-38; Ezek 31:3-17; Nahum 1:1-3:19; Zeph 2:13-15


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bring Jer 50:4-5, Jer 3:18, Jer 23:3, Jer 24:6-7, Jer 30:10, Jer 30:18, Jer 31:8-10, Jer 32:37, Jer 33:7-12; Isa 65:9; Isa 65:10; Ezek 11:17, Ezek 34:13-14, Ezek 36:24, Ezek 36:33, Ezek 37:21-22, Ezek 38:8, Ezek 39:25-29; Amos 9:14-15; Obad 1:17-21

he shall Isa 33:9, Isa 35:2; Mic 7:14, Mic 7:18

his soul Jer 31:14, Jer 31:25

mount Jer 31:6; Josh 17:15

Gilead Num 32:1; Song 6:5; Obad 1:19


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In those Jer 50:4, Jer 33:15

the iniquity Jer 31:34; Num 23:21; Isa 11:1-2, Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22; Mic 7:19; Acts 3:19, Acts 3:26; Rom 8:33-34; Heb 8:10-12, Heb 10:17-18

and there Ps 103:12; Rom 5:16; 2Pet 3:15

I will pardon Jer 44:14; Isa 1:9; Mic 7:19; Rom 6:13, Rom 11:6, Rom 11:26-27


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up Jer 50:3, Jer 50:9, Jer 50:15

Merathaim or, the rebels

Pekod or, visitation, Ezek 23:23

and do Jer 34:22, Jer 48:10; Num 31:14-18; 1Sam 15:3, 1Sam 15:11-24; 2Sam 16:11; 2Kgs 18:25; 2Chr 36:23; Isa 10:6, Isa 44:28, Isa 48:14


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Jer 4:19-21, Jer 51:54-56; Isa 21:2-4


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Jer 51:20-24; Isa 14:4-6, Isa 14:12-17; Rev 18:16


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snare Eccl 9:12

and thou wast Jer 51:8, Jer 51:31-39, Jer 51:57; Isa 21:3-5; Dan 5:30-31; Rev 18:7-8

because Exod 10:3; Job 9:4, Job 40:2, Job 40:9; Isa 13:11, Isa 45:9; 2Thess 2:4


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opened Jer 50:35-38, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:20; Ps 45:3, Ps 45:5; Isa 13:2-5, Isa 13:17-18, Isa 21:7-9

this Jer 50:15, Jer 51:12, Jer 51:25, Jer 51:55; Isa 14:22-24, Isa 46:10-11, Isa 48:14-15; Amos 3:6; Rev 18:8


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against Jer 50:41, Jer 51:27-28; Isa 5:26

the utmost Heb. the end

open Jer 50:10, Jer 51:44; Isa 45:3

cast her up or, tread her, Isa 10:6, Isa 25:10, Isa 63:3-4; Mic 7:10; Rev 14:19, Rev 19:15

destroy Jer 50:13, Jer 50:15, Jer 50:23, Jer 51:25-26, Jer 51:64; Isa 14:23; Rev 18:21-24


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bullocks Jer 50:11, Jer 46:21; Ps 22:12; Isa 34:7; Ezek 39:17-20; Rev 19:17

their day Jer 50:31, Jer 27:7, Jer 48:44; Ps 37:13; Lam 1:21; Ezek 7:5-7; Rev 16:17-19, Rev 18:10


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voice Jer 51:50-51; Isa 48:20

to declare Jer 50:15, Jer 51:10-11; Ps 149:6-9; Dan 5:3-5, Dan 5:23; Zech 12:2-3

vengeance of his Lam 1:10, Lam 2:6-7


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the archers Jer 50:9, Jer 50:14, Jer 50:26

recompense Jer 50:15, Jer 51:56; Ps 137:8-9; Rev 16:6, Rev 18:6

for she hath Jer 50:24, Jer 50:32; Exod 10:3; Isa 14:13-14, Isa 37:23, Isa 47:10; Dan 4:37, Dan 5:23, Dan 11:36; 2Thess 2:4; Rev 13:5-6


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Therefore Gobrias and Gadates, when they entered Babylon, marched directly to the palace, killing all they met.

her young Jer 9:21, Jer 18:21, Jer 48:15, Jer 49:26, Jer 51:3-4; Isa 13:15-18

all her Jer 50:36, Jer 51:56-57; Rev 6:15, Rev 19:18


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I am Jer 21:13, Jer 51:25; Ezek 5:8, Ezek 29:3, Ezek 29:9-10, Ezek 38:3, Ezek 39:1; Nah 2:13, Nah 3:5

O thou Jer 50:29, Jer 50:32, Jer 48:29, Jer 49:16; Job 40:11-12; Dan 4:30-31; Hab 2:4-5; Jas 4:6; 1Pet 5:5

most proud Heb. pride

for Jer 50:27


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the most proud Heb. pride, Prov 16:18, Prov 18:12; Isa 10:12-15, Isa 14:13-15; Ezek 28:2-9; Dan 5:20, Dan 5:23-30

none Jer 51:26, Jer 51:64; Rev 18:8

kindle Jer 21:14, Jer 49:27; Deut 32:22; Amos 1:4, Amos 1:7, Amos 1:10, Amos 1:12, Amos 1:14, Amos 2:2, Amos 2:5


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and all Jer 50:7, Jer 50:17-18, Jer 51:34-36; Isa 14:17, Isa 47:6, Isa 49:24-26, Isa 51:23, Isa 52:4-6; Zech 1:15-16

they refused Jer 34:15-18; Exod 5:2, Exod 8:2, Exod 9:2-3, Exod 9:17-18; Isa 14:17, Isa 58:6


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Redeemer Exod 6:6; Prov 23:11; Isa 41:14, Isa 43:14, Isa 44:6, Isa 44:23-24, Isa 47:4, Isa 54:5; Mic 4:10; Rev 18:8

plead Jer 51:36; Ps 35:1, Ps 43:1; Prov 22:23; Isa 51:22; Mic 7:9

that he Isa 14:3-7; 2Thess 1:6-7; Rev 19:1-3


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sword Jer 47:6; Lev 26:25; Isa 66:16; Ezek 14:2; Hos 11:6; Zech 11:17

upon her princes Jer 50:27, Jer 50:30, Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57; Isa 41:25; Dan 5:1-2, Dan 5:30

her wise men Jer 8:9, Jer 10:7; Isa 19:11-13, Isa 29:14, Isa 44:25, Isa 47:13-14; Dan 5:7-8


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upon the liars or, upon the chief stays, Heb. bars, Jer 48:30; Isa 43:14 *marg. Isa 44:25; 2Thess 2:9-11; 1Tim 4:2; Rev 19:20, Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15

dote 2Sam 15:31, 2Sam 17:14; 2Chr 25:16; Isa 47:10-15; 1Tim 6:4

her mighty Jer 50:30, Jer 49:22, Jer 51:23, Jer 51:30, Jer 51:32; Nah 2:8, Nah 3:7, Nah 3:13, Nah 3:17-18


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their horses Jer 51:21; Ps 20:7-8, Ps 46:9, Ps 76:6; Ezek 39:20; Nah 2:2-4, Nah 2:13; Hag 2:22

all the Jer 25:20, Jer 25:24; Ezek 30:5

as women Jer 48:41, Jer 51:30; Isa 19:16; Nah 3:13

her treasures Jer 50:26; Isa 45:3


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A drought Jer 50:12, Jer 51:32-36; Isa 44:27; Rev 16:12, Rev 17:15-16

the land Jer 50:2, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:52; Isa 46:1-7; Dan 3:1-30, Dan 5:4; Hab 2:18-19; Rev 17:5

mad Jer 51:7; Isa 44:25; Acts 17:16


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Jer 50:12-13, Jer 25:12, Jer 51:26, Jer 51:37-38, Jer 51:43, Jer 51:62-64; Isa 13:20-22, Isa 14:23, Isa 34:11-17; Rev 18:2, Rev 18:21-24


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Jer 49:18, Jer 51:26; Gen 19:24-25; Deut 29:23; Isa 1:9, Isa 13:19-20; Hos 11:8-9; Amos 4:11; Zeph 2:9; Luke 17:28-30; 2Pet 2:6; Jude 1:7; Rev 11:8, Rev 18:8-9


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Jer 50:2-3, Jer 50:9, Jer 6:22-23, Jer 25:14, Jer 51:1-2, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27-28; Isa 13:2-5, Isa 13:17-18; Rev 17:16


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hold Jer 6:22-23

they are cruel Ps 74:20, Ps 137:8-9; Isa 13:17-18, Isa 14:6, Isa 47:6; Hab 1:6-8; Jas 2:13; Rev 16:6

their voice Ps 46:2-3, Ps 46:6; Isa 5:30

shall ride Jer 8:16, Jer 47:3; Isa 5:28; Hab 1:8; Rev 19:14-18


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king Jer 51:31; Isa 13:6-8, Isa 21:3-4; Dan 5:5-6

pangs Jer 49:22, Jer 49:24


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like a lion Jer 25:38, Jer 49:19-21

who is a Job 41:10-11; Isa 41:25, Isa 46:11

for who Exod 15:11; Ps 89:6, Ps 89:8; Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25, Isa 43:10

appoint me the time or, convent me to plead

who is that Jer 49:19; Job 41:10


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hear Jer 51:10-11; Ps 33:10-11; Isa 14:24-27, Isa 46:10-11; Acts 4:28; Eph 1:11; Rev 17:16-17

the least Jer 37:10, Jer 49:20

surely he We have already adverted to the completion of the prophecies respecting the final destruction of Babylon (on Isa 13:18), and shall only add a few more observations, in order to shew more clearly the full accomplishment of some of these predictions. Strabo says that in his time (about the Christian era) a great part of it was a desert. Jerome says that in his time (cir. ad 340) it was quite in ruins, the walls merely serving for an inclosure for wild beasts, for the hunting of the kings of Parthia, and modern travellers universally concur in describing it in a state of utter desolation, and the habitation of wild beasts and noxious reptiles.


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Jer 49:21; Isa 14:9-10; Ezek 26:18, Ezek 31:16, Ezek 32:10; Rev 18:9-19


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