2 Kings 20:17-18
shall be carried.24:13; 25:13-15; Le 26:19; 2Ch 36:10,18; Jer 27:21,22; 52:17-19 thy sons.24:12; 25:6; 2Ch 33:11they shall be."Fulfilled in Da. 1:3-7."Psalms 137:1
1 The constancy of the Jews in captivity.7 The prophet curses Edom and Babel. A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.)The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity. the rivers.Ge 2:10-14; Ezr 8:21,31; Eze 1:1there sat.Ne 1:3,4; 2:3; Job 2:12,13; Jer 13:17,18; 15:17; La 2:10; Eze 3:15we wept.42:4; 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50,51; La 1:16; 2:11,18; 3:48,51Da 9:3; 10:2,3; Lu 19:41; Re 11:3Psalms 137:8-9
daughter.Isa 47:1-5; Jer 50:42; 51:33; Zec 2:7who art.Isa 13:1-22; 14:4-24; 21:1; 47:1; Jer 25:12-14; 50:1-51:64Re 14:8-11; 17:1-18; 18:6destroyed. Heb. wasted. happy.149:6-9; Isa 13:3-5; 44:28; Re 17:5,6,14; 18:6,20rewardeth. etc. Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed whichthou didst unto us. Jer 50:15-29; Re 18:6 and dasheth.Isa 13:16; Ho 10:14; 13:16the stones. Heb. the rock.Isaiah 13
1 God musters the armies of his wrath.6 He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes.19 The desolation of Babylon. A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. burden.14:28; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1,11,13; 22:1,25; 23:1; Jer 23:33-38Eze 12:10; Na 1:1; Hab 1:1; Zec 9:1; 12:1; Mal 1:1of Babylon.14:4-23; 21:1-10; 43:14; 44:1,2; 47:1-15; Jer 25:12-26; 50:1-51:23Da 5:28-6:28; Re 17:1-18:24which Isaiah.1:1 Lift ye up.5:26; 11:12; 18:3; Jer 50:2; 51:27,28upon the high.Jer 51:25shake.10:32; 11:15go into.45:1-3; Jer 51:58 commanded.23:11; 44:27,28; 45:4,5; Jer 50:21-46mighty ones.Jer 51:20-24; Joe 3:11; Re 17:12-18them that.Ezr 1:1-11; 6:1-22; 7:12-26; Ps 149:2,5-9; Re 18:4-8,20-24; 19:1-7 noise.22:1-9; Jer 50:2,3,21-46; 51:11,27,28; Eze 38:3-23; Joe 3:14Zec 14:1-3,13,14; Re 19:11-21like as. Heb. the likeness of.Joe 2:4-11; Re 9:7-19the Lord.10:5,6; 45:1,2; Jer 50:14,15; 51:6-25; Joe 2:1-11,25; Re 18:8 from a far.17; Jer 50:3,9; 51:11,27,28; Mt 24:31and the weapons.Jer 51:20-46 Howl ye.14:31; 23:1; 52:5; 65:14; Jer 25:34; 49:3; 51:8; Eze 21:12; 30:2Joe 1:5,11,13; Zep 1:14; Jas 5:1; Re 18:10for the day.9; 34:8; Eze 30:3; Joe 2:11,31; Am 5:18; Zep 1:7; 2:2,3; Mal 4:51Th 5:2,3as a.Job 31:23; Joe 1:15 shall all.10:3,4; 37:27; 51:20; Jer 50:43; Eze 7:17; 21:7; Na 1:6be faint. or, fall down. every.19:1; Ex 15:15; Na 2:10 pangs.21:3,4; 26:17; Ps 48:5,6; Jer 30:6; 50:43; Da 5:5,6; 1Th 5:3be amazed one at another. Heb. wonder every man at hisneighbour. flames. Heb. faces of the flames. Joe 2:6; Na 2:10 cruel.15-18; 47:10-15; Jer 6:22,23; 50:40-42; 51:35-58; Na 1:2,6; Mal 4:1Re 17:16,17; 18:8; 19:17-21he shall.Ps 104:35; Pr 2:22 5:30; 24:21,23; Eze 32:7,8; Joe 2:10,31; 3:15; Am 8:9,10Zep 1:15,16; Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24; Lu 21:25; Re 6:12-14; 8:12 I will punish.14:21; 24:4-6; Jer 51:34-38; Re 12:9,10; 18:2,3and I will cause.2:17; 5:15; 14:12-16; Jer 50:29-32; Da 5:22,23 15-18; 4:1; 24:6; Ps 137:9 I will.Joe 3:16; Hag 2:6,7,21,22; Mt 24:29; Heb 12:26,27; Re 6:13,14the earth.Jer 4:23,24; Mt 24:35; 2Pe 3:10; Re 20:11in the wrath.Ps 110:5,6; La 1:12; Na 1:4-6 as the.17:13; 1Ki 22:17,36they shall.47:15; Jer 50:16; 51:9; Re 18:9,10 14:19-22; 47:9-14; Jer 50:27,35-42; 51:3 children.Ps 137:8,9; Ho 10:14; Na 3:10and their.La 5:11; Zec 14:2 I will.3-5; 21:2; 41:25; Jer 50:9; 51:11,27,28; Da 5:28-31shall not regard.Pr 6:34,35 shall dash.16; 2Ki 8:12; Ho 13:16; Na 2:1; 3:10their eye.2Ch 36:17; Eze 9:5,6,10 Babylon.Babylon, whose destruction and utter ruin are here predicted, was situated in the midst of a large plain, having a very deep and fruitful soil, on the Euphrates, about 252 miles south-east of Palmyra, and the same distance north-west of Susa and the Persian gulf, in lat. 32 degrees 30' N. and long. 44 degrees 20' E. According to Herodotus, it formed a perfect square, each side of which was 120 stadia, and consequently its circumference 480 stadia, or sixty miles; inclosed by a wall 200 cubits high, and fifty wide, on the top of which were small watch towers of one story high, leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four might pass and turn. On each side were twenty-five gates of solid brass; from each of which proceeded a street, 150 feet broad, making in all fifty streets; which, crossing each other at right angles, intersected the city into 676 squares, extending four stadia and a half on each side, along which stood the houses, all built three or four stories high, and highly decorated towards the street; the interior of these squares being employed as gardens, pleasure grounds, etc. Its principal ornaments were the temple of Belus, having a tower of eight stories, upon a base of a quarter of a mile square; a most magnificent palace; and the famous hanging gardens, or artificial mountains raised upon arches, and planted with large and beautiful trees. Cyrus took it by diverting the waters of the Euphrates, which ran through the midst, and entering by the channel; and the river being never restored to its proper course, overflowed the whole country, and made it a morass. Darius Hystaspes afterwards depopulated the place, lowered the walls, and demolished the gates; Xerxes destroyed the temples; the building of Seleucia nearly exhausted it of its inhabitants; a king of the Parthians carried a number of them into slavery, and destroyed the most beautiful parts; so that modern travellers describe it as a mass of shapeless ruins, the habitation of wild beasts. 14:4-6,12-15; Jer 51:41; Da 2:37,38; 4:30when God overthrow. Heb. the overthrowing of.Ge 19:24; De 29:23; Jer 49:18; 50:40; Zep 2:9 14:23; Jer 50:3,13,21,39,45; 51:25,29,43,62-64; Re 18:21-23 But.34:11-15; Re 18:2wild beasts. Heb. Ziim. doleful creatures. Heb. Ochim.owls. or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl. the wild beasts. Heb. Iim. desolate houses. or, palaces.dragons. 35:7her time.De 32:35; Jer 51:33; Eze 7:7-10; Hab 2:3; 2Pe 2:3; 3:9,10Isaiah 14:4-6
proverb. or, taunting speech.Jer 24:9; Eze 5:15; Hab 2:6How.6,17; 47:5; 49:26; 51:23; Jer 25:9-14; 27:6,7; 50:22,23Jer 51:20-24,34,35; Da 7:19-25; Hab 1:2-10; 2:6-12,17Re 13:15-17; 16:5,6; 17:6; 18:5-8,20golden city. or, exactress of gold.13:19; 45:2,3; 2Ch 36:18; La 4:1; Da 2:38; Re 18:16 29; 9:4; 10:5; Ps 125:3; Jer 48:15-17 who smote.33:1; 47:6; 2Ch 36:17; Jer 25:9; Da 7:19-21; Jas 2:13continual stroke. Heb. a stroke without removing. ispersecuted. 13:14-18; 21:1-10; 47:1-15; Jer 25:26; 50:31; Re 17:16,17; 18:8-10and none.46:10,11; Job 9:13; Pr 21:30; Da 4:35Jeremiah 25:9
I.1:15; 5:15,16; 6:1,22-26; 8:16; Le 26:25-46; De 28:45-50; Pr 21:1Isa 5:26-30; 10:5; 39:7; Hab 1:6-10Nebuchadrezzar.27:6; 40:2; 43:10; Isa 13:3; 44:28; 45:1; Eze 29:18-20against.17-26; 27:3-8; Eze 26:7; 29:19; 30:10,11an astonishment. See on ch.18:16; 24:9; 1Ki 9:7,8Jeremiah 50
1 The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel. A.M. 3409. B.C. 595. against Babylon.25:26,27; 27:7; 51:1-14; Ps 137:8,9; Isa 13:1-3; 14:4; 21:1-10Isa 47:1-15; Hab 2:5-20; Re 18:1-24the land.Ge 11:31; Job 1:17; Isa 23:13; Ac 7:4Jeremiah. Heb. the hand of Jeremiah2Sa 23:2; 2Pe 1:21 Declare.6:18; 31:10; 46:14; Ps 64:9; 96:3; Isa 12:4; 48:6; 66:18,19Re 14:6-8set up. Heb. lift up.Isa 13:2Babylon.51:8; Isa 21:9; Re 14:8; 18:2Bel.51:44; Isa 46:1Merodach.52:31; Isa 39:1her idols.46; 43:12,13; Isa 37:19; Zep 2:11Xerxes, 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; 46:1. Jer 50:2; 51:44, 47, 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, Da 1:2, were restored by order of Cyrus, Ezr 1:7, and again carried to Jerusalem. Bp. Newton, Dis. X. out of the.The Medes, who formed the greatest part of the army of Cyrus. Media lay N.E. of Babylon. 9,41; 51:11,27,48; Isa 13:5,17,18,20which.12,13,35-40; 51:8,9,25,26,37-44,62; Isa 13:6-10,19-22; 14:22-24Re 18:21-23both.7:20; 21:6; Ge 6:7; Ex 12:12; Zep 1:3 those.20; 3:16-18; 33:15; 51:47,48; Isa 63:4the children of Israel.19,20,33,34; 3:18; 33:6-8; 30:10,11; 31:6,7,31; 33:7; Isa 11:12,13Isa 14:1; Eze 37:16-22; 39:25; Ho 1:11going.31:9,10; Ezr 3:12,13; Ps 126:4-6; Joe 2:12; Zec 12:10; Jas 4:9seek the.29:12-14; Ps 105:4; Isa 45:19; 55:6; Ho 3:5; Zec 8:21-23 ask.6:16; Ps 25:8,9; 84:7; Isa 35:8; Joh 7:17Come.31:31-36; Isa 2:3-5; Mic 4:1,2; Ac 11:23; 2Co 8:5in a.32:40; Ge 17:7; 2Sa 23:5; Isa 55:3; 56:6,7that shall.32:40; 1Ki 19:10,14; Heb 8:6-10 people.17; Ps 119:176; Isa 53:6; Mt 9:36; 10:6; 15:24; 18:11-13; Lu 15:4-71Pe 2:25their shepherds.10:21; 23:11-15; Isa 56:10-12; Eze 34:4-12; Zec 11:4-9on the.2:20; 3:6,23; Eze 34:6have forgotten.2:32; Ps 32:7; 90:1; 91:1; 116:7; Isa 30:15; 32:2resting place. Heb. place to lie down in.Ps 23:2; So 1:7,8; Eze 34:14,25-28 have devoured.17,33; 12:7-11; Ps 79:7; Isa 9:12; 56:9We offend.2:3; 40:2,3; Isa 47:6; Da 9:6,16; Zec 1:15; 11:5the habitation.31:23; Ps 90:1; 91:1the hope.14:8; Ps 22:4,5; 1Ti 1:1 out of the midst.51:6,45; Nu 16:26; Isa 48:20; 52:1; Zec 2:6,7; 2Co 6:17; Re 18:4he goats.Pr 30:31 I will raise.3,21,26,41,42; 15:14; 51:1-4,11,27,28; Ezr 1:1,2; Isa 13:2-5,17Isa 21:2; 41:25; 45:1-4an assembly.The army of Cyrus was composed of Medes, Persians, Armenians, Caducians, Sacæ, etc.; all of which, arranged under the Medes, came from the north. they shall.14,29expert man. or, destroyer. none.2Sa 1:22; Isa 13:18 Chaldea.25:12; 27:7all that.Isa 33:4,23; 45:3; Re 17:16 ye were.Pr 17:5; La 1:21; 2:15,16; 4:21,22; Eze 25:3-8,15-17; 26:2,3; Ob 1:12ye destroyers.17; 51:34,35; Ps 74:2-8; 79:1-4; 83:1-5; Isa 10:6,7; 47:6Zec 2:8,9; 14:1-3,12ye are.27; 46:21; De 32:15; Ps 22:12; Ho 10:11; Am 4:1fat. Heb. big. or, corpulent.5:28bellow as bulls. or, neigh as steeds.5:8 mother.49:2; Ga 4:26; Re 17:5the hindermost.25:26; Isa 23:13a wilderness.35-40; 25:12; 51:25,26,43,62-64; Isa 13:20-22; 14:22; Re 18:21-23 Because.Zec 1:15every.18:16; 19:8; 25:12; 49:17; 51:37; Job 27:23; Isa 14:4-17; La 2:15,16Hab 2:6-18; Zep 2:15 in array.9; 51:2,11,12,27; 1Sa 17:20; 2Sa 10:9; Isa 13:4,17,18bend.29,42; 46:9; 49:35; Isa 5:28for she.7,11,29; Ps 51:4; Hab 2:8,17; Re 17:5 Shout.51:14; Jos 6:5,20; Eze 21:22she hath.1Ch 29:24; *marg:2Ch 30:8; *marg:La 5:6; Eze 17:18her foundations.51:25,44,58,64for it.14,28; 46:10; 51:6,11,36; De 32:35,41,43; Ps 94:1; 149:7; Isa 59:17Isa 61:2; 63:4; Na 1:2; Lu 21:22; Ro 3:5; 12:19; 2Th 1:8as she.29; Jud 1:6,7; 1Sa 15:33; Ps 137:8,9; Mt 7:2; Jas 2:13; Re 16:6Re 18:6; 19:2 the sower.51:23; Joe 1:11; Am 5:16sickle. or, scythe. they shall turn every one.46:16; 51:9; Isa 13:14 a scattered.6; 23:1,2; Eze 34:5,6,12; Joe 3:2; Mt 9:36-38; Lu 15:4-6Joh 10:10-12; 1Pe 2:25the lions.2:15; 5:6; 49:19; 51:38first.2Ki 15:29; 17:6-23; 18:9-13; 2Ch 28:20; 32:1-23; 33:11; Isa 7:17-20Isa 8:7,8; 10:5-7; 36:1-37:38this.39:1-8; 51:34,35; 52:1; 2Ki 24:1-25:30; 2Ch 36:1-23; Isa 47:6Da 6:24 as I.Isa 37:36-38; Eze 31:3-17; Na 1:1-3:19; Zep 2:13-15 bring.4,5; 3:18; 23:3; 24:6,7; 30:10,18; 31:8-10; 32:37; 33:7-12; Isa 65:9Isa 65:10; Eze 11:17; 34:13,14; 36:24,33; 37:21,22; 38:8; 39:25-29Am 9:14,15; Ob 1:17-21he shall.Isa 33:9; 35:2; Mic 7:14,18his soul.31:14,25mount.31:6; Jos 17:15Gilead.Nu 32:1; So 6:5; Ob 1:19 In those.4; 33:15the iniquity.31:34; Nu 23:21; Isa 11:1,2; 43:25; 44:22; Mic 7:19; Ac 3:19,26Ro 8:33,34; Heb 8:10-12; 10:17,18and there.Ps 103:12; Ro 5:16; 2Pe 3:15I will pardon.44:14; Isa 1:9; Mic 7:19; Ro 6:13; 11:6,26,27 up.3,9,15Merathaim. or, the rebels. Pekod. or, visitation.Eze 23:23and do.34:22; 48:10; Nu 31:14-18; 1Sa 15:3,11-24; 2Sa 16:11; 2Ki 18:252Ch 36:23; Isa 10:6; 44:28; 48:14 4:19-21; 51:54-56; Isa 21:2-4 51:20-24; Isa 14:4-6,12-17; Re 18:16 snare.Ec 9:12and thou wast.51:8,31-39,57; Isa 21:3-5; Da 5:30,31; Re 18:7,8because.Ex 10:3; Job 9:4; 40:2,9; Isa 13:11; 45:9; 2Th 2:4 opened.35-38; 51:11,20; Ps 45:3,5; Isa 13:2-5,17,18; 21:7-9this.15; 51:12,25,55; Isa 14:22-24; 46:10,11; 48:14,15; Am 3:6; Re 18:8 against.41; 51:27,28; Isa 5:26the utmost. Heb. the end. open.10; 51:44; Isa 45:3cast her up. or, tread her.Isa 10:6; 25:10; 63:3,4; Mic 7:10; Re 14:19; 19:15destroy.13,15,23; 51:25,26,64; Isa 14:23; Re 18:21-24 bullocks.11; 46:21; Ps 22:12; Isa 34:7; Eze 39:17-20; Re 19:17their day.31; 27:7; 48:44; Ps 37:13; La 1:21; Eze 7:5-7; Re 16:17-19; 18:10 voice.51:50,51; Isa 48:20to declare.15; 51:10,11; Ps 149:6-9; Da 5:3-5,23; Zec 12:2,3vengeance of his.La 1:10; 2:6,7 the archers.9,14,26recompense.15; 51:56; Ps 137:8,9; Re 16:6; 18:6for she hath.24,32; Ex 10:3; Isa 14:13,14; 37:23; 47:10; Da 4:37; 5:23; 11:362Th 2:4; Re 13:5,6 Therefore.Gobrias and Gadates, when they entered Babylon, marched directly to the palace, killing all they met. her young.9:21; 18:21; 48:15; 49:26; 51:3,4; Isa 13:15-18all her.36; 51:56,57; Re 6:15; 19:18 I am.21:13; 51:25; Eze 5:8; 29:3,9,10; 38:3; 39:1; Na 2:13; 3:5O thou.29,32; 48:29; 49:16; Job 40:11,12; Da 4:30,31; Hab 2:4,5; Jas 4:61Pe 5:5most proud. Heb. pride. for.27 the most proud. Heb. pride.Pr 16:18; 18:12; Isa 10:12-15; 14:13-15; Eze 28:2-9; Da 5:20,23-30none.51:26,64; Re 18:8kindle.21:14; 49:27; De 32:22; Am 1:4,7,10,12,14; 2:2,5 and all.7,17,18; 51:34-36; Isa 14:17; 47:6; 49:24-26; 51:23; 52:4-6Zec 1:15,16they refused.34:15-18; Ex 5:2; 8:2; 9:2,3,17,18; Isa 14:17; 58:6 Redeemer.Ex 6:6; Pr 23:11; Isa 41:14; 43:14; 44:6,23,24; 47:4; 54:5; Mic 4:10Re 18:8plead.51:36; Ps 35:1; 43:1; Pr 22:23; Isa 51:22; Mic 7:9that he.Isa 14:3-7; 2Th 1:6,7; Re 19:1-3 sword.47:6; Le 26:25; Isa 66:16; Eze 14:2; Ho 11:6; Zec 11:17upon her princes.27,30; 51:39,57; Isa 41:25; Da 5:1,2,30her wise men.8:9; 10:7; Isa 19:11-13; 29:14; 44:25; 47:13,14; Da 5:7,8 upon the liars. or, upon the chief stays. Heb. bars.48:30; Isa 43:14; *marg:Isa 44:25; 2Th 2:9-11; 1Ti 4:2; Re 19:20; 21:8; 22:15dote.2Sa 15:31; 17:14; 2Ch 25:16; Isa 47:10-15; 1Ti 6:4her mighty.30; 49:22; 51:23,30,32; Na 2:8; 3:7,13,17,18 their horses.51:21; Ps 20:7,8; 46:9; 76:6; Eze 39:20; Na 2:2-4,13; Hag 2:22all the.25:20,24; Eze 30:5as women.48:41; 51:30; Isa 19:16; Na 3:13her treasures.26; Isa 45:3 A drought.12; 51:32-36; Isa 44:27; Re 16:12; 17:15,16the land.2; 51:44,47,52; Isa 46:1-7; Da 3:1-30; 5:4; Hab 2:18,19; Re 17:5mad.51:7; Isa 44:25; Ac 17:16 12,13; 25:12; 51:26,37,38,43,62-64; Isa 13:20-22; 14:23; 34:11-17Re 18:2,21-24 49:18; 51:26; Ge 19:24,25; De 29:23; Isa 1:9; 13:19,20; Ho 11:8,9Am 4:11; Zep 2:9; Lu 17:28-30; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:7; Re 11:8; 18:8,9 2,3,9; 6:22,23; 25:14; 51:1,2,11,27,28; Isa 13:2-5,17,18; Re 17:16 hold.6:22,23they are cruel.Ps 74:20; 137:8,9; Isa 13:17,18; 14:6; 47:6; Hab 1:6-8; Jas 2:13Re 16:6their voice.Ps 46:2,3,6; Isa 5:30shall ride.8:16; 47:3; Isa 5:28; Hab 1:8; Re 19:14-18 king.51:31; Isa 13:6-8; 21:3,4; Da 5:5,6pangs.49:22,24 like a lion.25:38; 49:19-21who is a.Job 41:10,11; Isa 41:25; 46:11for who.Ex 15:11; Ps 89:6,8; Isa 40:18,25; 43:10appoint me the time. or, convent me to plead. who is that.49:19; Job 41:10 hear.51:10,11; Ps 33:10,11; Isa 14:24-27; 46:10,11; Ac 4:28; Eph 1:11Re 17:16,17the least.37:10; 49:20surely 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. A.D. 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. 49:21; Isa 14:9,10; Eze 26:18; 31:16; 32:10; Re 18:9-19Jeremiah 51
1 The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel.59 Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon. I will.50:9,14-16,21; Isa 13:3-5; Am 3:6midst. Heb. heart. rise.50:24,29,33; Zec 2:8; Ac 9:4a destroying wind.4:11,12; 49:36; 2Ki 19:7; Eze 19:12; Ho 13:15 fanners.15:7; Isa 41:16; Eze 5:12; Mt 3:12in the day.27,28; 50:14,15,29,32 let the.50:14,41,42brigandine.46:4spare.9:21; 50:27,30; De 32:25; Ps 137:9; Isa 13:10-18; Jas 2:13destroy.50:21 thrust.49:26; 50:30,37; Isa 13:15; 14:19 Israel.33:24-26; 46:28; 50:4,5,20; 1Sa 12:22; 1Ki 6:13; Ezr 9:9; Ps 94:14Isa 44:21; 49:14,15; 54:3-11; 62:12; Ho 1:10; Am 9:8,9; Ro 11:1,2nor.Zec 2:12; 12:6,8though.16:18; 19:4; 23:15; 31:37; 2Ki 21:16; Eze 8:17; 9:9; 22:24-31; Ho 4:1Mic 7:18,20; Zep 3:1-4 Flee.9,45,50; 50:8,28; Isa 48:20; Zec 2:6,7; Re 18:4be not.Ge 19:15-17; Nu 16:26; Pr 13:20; 1Ti 5:22for this.11; 27:7; 46:10; 50:8,15,28,31; De 32:25,41,43; Re 16:19; 18:5,6he will render.25:14,16 a golden.Isa 14:4; Da 2:32,38; Re 17:4the nations.25:9,14-27; Da 3:1-7; Hab 2:15,16; Re 14:8; 17:2; 18:3,23; 19:2are mad.25:16; 50:38 suddenly.41; 50:2; Isa 21:9; 47:9; Re 14:8; 18:2,8howl.48:20,31; Isa 13:6,7; Eze 27:30-32; 30:2; Da 5:24,31; Re 18:9-11Re 18:17-19take balm.8:22; 30:12-15; 46:11; Na 3:19 forsake.8:20; 46:16,21; 50:16; Isa 13:14; 47:15; Mt 25:10-13her judgment.2Ch 28:9; Ezr 9:6; Da 4:20-22; Re 18:5 brought.Ps 37:6; Mic 7:9,10let us.31:6-9; 50:28; Ps 9:14; 102:19-21; 116:18,19; 126:1-3; Isa 40:2Isa 51:11; 52:9,10; Re 14:1-3; 19:1-6 Make.46:4,9; 50:9,14,25,28,29; Isa 21:5bright. Heb. pure. the Lord hath.27,28; 1Ki 11:14,23; 1Ch 5:26; 2Ch 36:22; Ezr 1:1; Isa 10:26; 13:17Isa 13:18; 21:2; 41:25; 45:1,5; 46:11; Re 17:16,17the spirit.Of Cyaxares king of Media, called "Darius the Mede" in scripture; and of Cyrus his nephew, king of persia, presumptive heir of the throne of his uncle. his device.12,29; 50:45the vengeance.24,35; 50:15,28; Ps 74:3-11; 83:3-9; Hab 2:17-20; Zec 12:2,3Zec 14:2,12 the standard.46:3-5; Pr 21:30; Isa 8:9,10; 13:2; Joe 3:2,9-14; Na 2:1; 3:14,15ambushes. Heb. liers in wait.Jos 8:14the Lord hath both.11,29; La 2:17 dwellest.36; Re 17:1,15abundant.50:37; Isa 45:3; Hab 2:5-10; Re 18:11-17thine.17:11; 50:27,31; Ge 6:13; La 4:18; Eze 7:2-12; Da 5:26; Am 8:21Pe 4:7and the.Hab 2:9-11; Lu 12:19-21; 2Pe 2:3,14,15; Jude 1:11-13; Re 18:19 sworn.49:13; Am 6:8; Heb 6:13himself. Heb. his soul. as with.46:23; Jud 6:5; Joe 1:4-7; 2:3,4,25; Na 3:15-17lift up. Heb. utter.50:15 hath made.10:12-16; 32:17; Ge 1:1-6; Ps 107:25; 146:5,6; 148:1-5; Isa 40:26Ac 14:15; 17:24; Ro 1:20; Col 1:16,17; Heb 1:2,3; Re 4:11by his wisdom.Ps 104:24; 136:5; Pr 3:19; Ro 11:33and hath.Job 9:8; Ps 104:2; Isa 40:22; 42:5; 44:24; 45:12; 48:13; 51:13 he uttereth.10:12,13; Job 37:2-11; 40:9; Ps 18:13; 29:3-10; 46:6; 68:33; 104:7Eze 10:5there is.Job 36:26-33; 37:13; 38:34-38; Ps 135:7; Am 9:7multitude. or, noise. and he causeth.Ps 135:7bringeth.Ge 8:1; Ex 10:13,19; 14:21; Job 38:22; Ps 78:26; 135:7; 147:18Jon 1:4; 4:8; Mt 8:26,27 Every.10:14; Ps 14:2; 53:1,2; 92:5,6; 115:5,8; 135:18; Isa 44:18-20Ro 1:20-23; 1Co 1:19-21brutish by his knowledge. or, more brutish than to know.for his. 10:14; 50:2; Ps 135:17; Hab 2:18,19 vanity.10:8,15; Jon 2:8; Ac 14:15in the.43:12,13; 46:25; 48:7; 50:2; Ex 12:12; Isa 19:1; 46:1; Zep 2:11 portion.10:16; Ps 16:5; 73:26; 115:3; La 3:24the former.15the rod.12:7-10; 50:11; Ex 19:5,6; De 32:9; Ps 33:12; 74:2; 135:4; 1Pe 2:9the Lord.10:16; Isa 47:4 art.50:23; Isa 10:5,15; 13:5; 14:5,6; 37:26; 41:15,16; Mic 4:13Zec 9:13,14; Mt 22:7with thee. or, in thee, or, by thee. break.25:9,11; 27:5-7 50:37; Ex 15:1,21; Ps 46:9; 76:6; Eze 39:20; Mic 5:10; Na 2:13Hag 2:22; Zec 10:5; 12:4; Re 19:18 6:11; De 32:25; 1Sa 15:3; 2Ch 36:17; Isa 20:4; La 2:11; Eze 9:6 23 11,35,49; 50:15,17,18,28,29,33,34; Ps 137:8,9; Isa 47:6-9Isa 51:22,23; 61:2; 63:1-4; 66:6; 1Th 2:15,16; Re 6:10; 18:20,24Re 19:2-4 I am.50:31O destroying.53,58; Ge 11:4; Isa 13:2; Da 4:30; Zec 4:7which destroyest.7,20-23; 25:9,18-27; Re 8:8; 17:1-6and will.2Pe 3:10; Re 8:8; 18:9,10 shall not.37,43; 50:12,13; Isa 13:19-22; 14:23desolate for ever. Heb. everlasting desolations.50:40,41; Isa 34:8-17; Re 18:20-24 ye up.12; 6:1; 50:2,41; Isa 13:2-5; 18:3; Am 3:6; Zec 14:2prepare.25:14Ararat.Bochart reasonably concludes Ararat and Minni to be the greater and lesser Armenia; and Ashchenaz he thinks formed part of Phrygia near the Hellespont, part of that country being called Ascania by Homer. Cyrus had conquered Armenia, defeated Croesus king of Lydia, (B.C. 548,) and subdued several nations from the Egean sea to the Euphrates, before he marched against Babylon; and Xenophon also informs us that there were not only Armenians, but both Phrygians and Cappadocians in the army of Cyrus. Ge 8:4Ashchenaz.Ge 10:3Ashkenaz.1Ch 1:6cause.14; 46:23; 50:41,42; Jud 6:5; Joe 2:2,3; Na 3:15-17; Re 9:7-11After Cyrus had been the instrument in the hands of God of taking Babylon, he marched against Tomyris, queen of the Massagetæ, a Scythian nation, and was totally defeated, (B.C. 530.) The victorious queen, who had lost her son in a previous battle, was so incensed against Cyrus, that she cut off his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with human blood, exclaiming, "Sattia te sanguine, quem sitisti." the kings.11; 25:25; Ge 10:2; 1Ch 1:5Madia.Es 1:3; 10:2; Isa 13:17; 21:2; Da 5:28-30; 6:8; 8:3,4,20; 9:1 the land.8:16; 10:10; 50:36,43; Isa 13:13,14; 14:16; Joe 2:10; Am 8:8every.11,12,43,62-64; 50:13,39,40,45; Isa 13:19,20; 14:23,24; 46:10,11Isa 47:1-15; Re 18:2,21-24 The mighty.Accordingly, the Babylonians, after the loss of a battle or two, never recovered their courage to the face the enemy in the field, they retired within their walls; and the first time that Cyrus came with his army before the place he could not provoke them to venture forth, though he challenged the king to fight a duel with him; and the last time he came he consulted with his officers respecting the best mode of carrying on the siege "since," said he, "they do not come out to fight." 32,57; 48:41; 50:36,37; Ps 76:5; Isa 13:7,8; 19:16; Na 3:13Re 18:10her bars.50:36; *marg:Ps 107:16; 147:13; Isa 45:1,2; La 2:9; Am 1:5; Na 3:13 post.4:20; 50:24; 1Sa 4:12-18; 2Sa 18:19-31; 2Ch 30:6; Es 3:13-15Es 8:10,14; Job 9:25to shew.50:43; Isa 21:3-9; 47:11-13; Da 5:2-5,30 the passages.50:38; Isa 44:27the men.30; 50:37 is like.Isa 21:10; 41:15,16; Am 1:3; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12it is time to thresh her. or, in the time that he threshethher. the time. Isa 17:5-11; 18:5; Ho 6:11; Joe 3:13; Mt 13:30,39; Re 14:15-20 the king.49; 39:1-8; 50:7,17; La 1:1,14,15he hath made.48:11,12; Isa 24:1-3; 34:11; Na 2:2,9,10swallowed.44; Job 20:15; Pr 1:12; La 2:16; Eze 36:3; Am 8:4; Mt 23:14 The violence. Heb. My violence.50:29; Jud 9:20,24,56,57; Ps 9:12; 12:5; 137:8,9; Isa 26:20,21Zec 1:15; Mt 7:2; Jas 2:13; Re 6:10; 16:6; 18:6,20flesh. or, remainder. inhabitant. Heb. inhabitress. I will plead. See on ch.50:33,34; Ps 140:12; Pr 22:23; 23:11; Isa 43:14; 47:6-9; 49:25,26Mic 7:8-10; Hab 2:8-17take.De 32:35,43; Ps 94:1-3; Ro 12:19; Heb 10:30,31; Re 19:1-3and I will.50:38; Ps 107:33; Isa 44:27; Re 16:12 become.25,26,29; 25:9,12,18; 50:12,13,23-26,38-40; Isa 13:19-22; 14:23Isa 34:8-17; Re 18:2,21-23an hissing.18:16; 19:8; 29:18; 2Ch 29:8; La 2:15,16; Mic 6:16; Zep 2:15 roar.2:15; Job 4:10,11; Ps 34:10; 58:6; Isa 35:9; Na 2:11-13; Zec 11:3yell. or, shake themselves.Jud 16:20 their heat.25:27; Isa 21:4,5; 22:12-14; Da 5:1-4,30; Na 1:10; 3:11and sleep.57; Ps 13:3; 76:5,6 50:27; Ps 37:20; 44:22; Isa 34:6; Eze 39:18 Sheshach.Sheshach was probably an idol worshipped at Babylon, from which the city derived this name; and the festival which was held when the city was taken, when they were heated with wine, was perhaps observed in honour of it. 25:26; Da 5:1-3the praise.49:25; 50:23; Isa 13:19; 14:4; Da 2:38; 4:22,30; 5:4,5; Re 18:10-19an astonishment.37; 50:46; De 28:37; 2Ch 7:21; Eze 27:35 Ps 18:4,16; 42:7; 65:7; 93:3; Isa 8:7,8; Eze 27:26-34; Da 9:26Lu 21:25; Re 17:15,16 cities.29,37; 50:39,40a land.2:6; Isa 13:20; Eze 29:10,11 I will punish.18,47; 50:2; Isa 46:1,2I will bring.34; 2Ch 36:7; Ezr 1:7; Da 1:2; 5:2-4,26the nations.Isa 2:2; 60:5; Da 3:2,3,29; 4:1,22; 5:19,31; Re 18:9-19the wall.53,58 go.6,9,50; 50:8; Isa 48:20; Zec 2:7; Re 14:8-11; 18:4deliver.Ge 19:12-16; Nu 16:26; Ac 2:40; 2Co 6:17 lest. or, let not.2Ki 19:7; Mt 24:6-8; Mr 13:7,8; Lu 21:9-19,28a rumour shall.Isa 13:3-5; 21:2,3ruler against.Jud 7:22; 1Sa 14:16-20; 2Ch 20:23; Isa 19:2 I will.52; 50:2; Isa 21:9; 46:1,2do judgment upon. Heb. visit upon.18; 11:22; 13:21; 23:34; 25:12; *marginsher whole.24,43; 50:12-16,35-40 the heaven.10; Ps 58:10,11; Pr 11:10; Isa 44:23; 48:20; 49:13; Re 15:1-4Re 16:4-7; 18:20; 19:1-7the spoilers.11; 50:3,9,41 As Babylon, etc. or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain ofIsrael and with Babylon shall fall the slain of all the country. hath. 10,11,24,35; 50:11,17,18,29,33,34; Jud 1:7; Ps 137:8,9; Mt 7:2Jas 2:13; Re 18:5,6 escaped.6,45; 31:21; 44:28; 50:8; Isa 48:20; 51:11; 52:2,11,12; Zec 2:7-9Re 18:4remember.29:12-14; De 4:29-31; 30:1-4; Ezr 1:3-5; Ne 1:2-4; 2:3-5Ps 102:13,14; 137:5,6; Da 9:2,3,16-19Jerusalem.Ps 122:6 are confounded.3:22-25; 31:19; Ps 74:18-21; 79:4,12; 123:3,4; 137:1-3; La 2:15-17La 5:1; Eze 36:30shame.3:25; 14:3; Ps 44:13-16; 69:7-13; 71:13; 109:29; Eze 7:18; Mic 7:10for strangers.52:13; Ps 74:3-7; 79:1; La 1:10; 2:20; Eze 7:21,22; 9:7; 24:21Da 8:11-14; 9:26,27; 11:31; Re 11:1,2 that I.47; 50:38her graven images.This was verified when Xerxes destroyed all the temples of Babylon, B.C. 479. the wounded.Isa 13:15,16; Eze 30:24; Da 5:30,31 mount.25,58; 49:16; Ge 11:4; Ps 139:8-10; Isa 14:12-15; 47:5,7Eze 31:9-11; Da 4:30; Am 9:4; Ob 1:3,4from.1-4,11,48; 50:9,10,21,25,31-34,45; Isa 10:6,7; 13:2-5,17Isa 41:25; 45:1-5 48:3-5; 50:22,27,43,46; Isa 13:6-9; 15:5; Zep 1:10; Re 18:17-19 destroyed.38,39; 25:10; 50:10-15; Isa 15:1; 24:8-11; 47:5; Re 18:22,23her waves.Ps 65:7; 93:3,4; Isa 17:13; Eze 26:3; Lu 21:25; Re 17:15 the spoiler.48; 50:10; Isa 21:2; Hab 2:8; Re 17:16her mighty.30; 50:36every.49:35; Ge 49:24; 1Sa 2:4; Ps 37:15; 46:9; 76:3; Eze 39:3,9the Lord.6,24; 50:28,29; De 32:35; Ps 94:1,2; 137:8; Isa 34:8; 35:4; 59:182Th 1:6; Re 18:5,6,20; 19:2 I will.39; 25:27; Isa 21:4,5; Da 5:1-4,30,31; Na 1:10; Hab 2:15-17Re 18:6,7,9sleep a.Ps 76:5,6; Isa 37:36the king.46:18; 48:15; Mal 1:14 The broad walls of Babylon. or, The walls of broad Babylon.According to the testimony of Herodotus, the circumference of the walls of Babylon was 480 stadia, or 60 miles, their breadth 50 cubits, and their height 200 cubits; but when Darius became master of the place, B.C. 516, he took away all their 100 gates of brass, and beat down their walls to 50 cubits; and now not a vestige of these immense fortifications remains, to mark the site of this once mighty city! 44; 50:15broken. or, made naked. high gates.30; Isa 45:1,2the people.9,64; Ps 127:1; Isa 65:23; Hab 2:13 Neriah.32:12; 36:4; 45:1with. or, on the behalf of. quiet prince. or, prince ofMenucha, or chief chamberlain. 30:2,3; 36:2-4,32; Isa 8:1-4; 30:8; Da 12:4; Hab 2:2,3; Re 1:11,19 and shalt see.Mt 24:1; Mr 13:1read.29:1,2; Col 4:16; 1Th 4:18; 5:27; Re 1:3 to cut.25,26,29,37; 50:3,13,39,40; Isa 13:19-22; 14:22,23; Re 18:20-23desolation. Heb. desolations.25:9,12; Eze 35:9 thou shalt bind.This was the emblem of its overthrow and irretrievable ruin; and the same emblem is employed in Re 18:21, to denote the utter ruin of mystical Babylon. 19:10,11; Re 18:21 Thus shall.42; 25:27; Na 1:8,9; Re 14:8; 18:2,21they shall.58; Hab 2:13; Ps 76:12Thus far.Job 31:40; Ps 72:20
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