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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 50:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 50:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Cut off [03772] the sower [02232] from Babylon [0894], and him that handleth [08610] the sickle [04038] in the time [06256] of harvest [07105]: for fear [06440] of the oppressing [03238] sword [02719] they shall turn [06437] every one [0376] to his people [05971], and they shall flee [05127] every one [0376] to his own land [0776]. |
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King James |
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. |
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] |
Babylon had the extent rather of a nation than of a city. Therefore grain was grown within the city wall sufficient to last for a long siege [ARISTOTLE, Politics, 3.2; PLINY, 18.17]. Conquerors usually spare agriculturists, but in this case all alike were to be "cut off."
for fear of . . . oppressing sword--because of the sword of the oppressor.
every one to his people--from which they had been removed to Babylon from all quarters by the Chaldean conquerors (Jer 51:9; Isa 13:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The population is to be destroyed so utterly that the rich fields of Babylonia are to remain untilled.
They shall turn - The full force of the words will be seen if it be remembered that it had been the policy of Nebuchadnezzar to compel citizens selected from the vanquished nations to settle in Babylonia. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Every one - Either such strangers as for commerce had their abodes in Babylon, or such assistance as the Babylonians had gotten against their enemies. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Cut off the sower - Destroy the gardens and the fields, that there may be neither fruits nor tillage. |
14 And it shall be as the chased [05080] roe [06643], and as a sheep [06629] that no man taketh up [06908]: they shall every man [0376] turn [06437] to his own people [05971], and flee [05127] every one [0376] into his own land [0776].
9 We would have healed [07495] Babylon [0894], but she is not healed [07495]: forsake [05800] her, and let us go [03212] every one [0376] into his own country [0776]: for her judgment [04941] reacheth [05060] unto heaven [08064], and is lifted up [05375] even to the skies [07834].