Jer 51:47 | JFB | STEP | 47. GROTIUS translates, "Because then (namely, on the third year) the time shall have come that," &c. confounded —at seeing their gods powerless to help them. her slain —in retribution for " Israel's slain" ( ) who fell by her hand. GROTIUS translates, "her dancers," as in , the same Hebrew word is translated, alluding to the dancing revelry of the festival during which Cyrus took Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:47

47. GROTIUS translates, "Because then (namely, on the third year) the time shall have come that," &c.

confounded—at seeing their gods powerless to help them.

her slain—in retribution for "Israel's slain" (Jer 51:49) who fell by her hand. GROTIUS translates, "her dancers," as in Jud 21:21, 23; 1Sa 18:6, the same Hebrew word is translated, alluding to the dancing revelry of the festival during which Cyrus took Babylon.