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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:56 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:56 |
King James |
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| taken--when they were least expecting it, and in such a way that resistance was impossible. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Every one ... - Or, "Their bows are broken, for Yahweh is a God of recompenses; He will certainly requite." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Because - Little more is said here than was before, only the words hint the taking of Babylon by a surprize when the king, and the inhabitants were not aware of it, which we had before also told us, Jer 51:39-40. Requite - The wrongs done to his people. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord God of recompenses - The fall of Babylon is an act of Divine justice; whatever it suffers, it is in consequence of its crimes. |
39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.