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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:11 |
Strong Concordance |
Make bright [01305] the arrows [02671]; gather [04390] the shields [07982]: the LORD [03068] hath raised up [05782] the spirit [07307] of the kings [04428] of the Medes [04074]: for his device [04209] is against Babylon [0894], to destroy [07843] it; because it is the vengeance [05360] of the LORD [03068], the vengeance [05360] of his temple [01964]. |
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King James |
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. |
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] |
Make bright--literally, "pure." Polish and sharpen.
gather--literally, "fill"; that is, gather in full number, so that none be wanting. So, "gave in full tale" (Sa1 18:27). GESENIUS, not so well, translates, "Fill with your bodies the shields" (compare Sol 4:4). He means to tell the Babylonians, Make what preparations you will, all will be in vain (compare Jer 46:3-6).
kings of . . . Medes--He names the Medes rather than the Persians, because Darius, or Cyaxares, was above Cyrus in power and the greatness of his kingdom.
temple-- (Jer 50:28). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Make bright - Rather, Sharpen.
The Medes Gen 10:2 were a branch of the great Aryan family, who as conquerors had seized upon the vast regions extending from the Caspian Sea to the eastern borders of Mesopotamia, but without being able to dispossess the Turanian tribes who had previously dwelt there. They were divided into numerous clans, each with its own local chief, the leaders of the larger sections being those who are here called kings. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Make bright the arrows - This is the prophet's address to Babylon.
The Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes - Of Cyaxares king of Media, called Darius the Mede in Scripture; and of Cyrus king of Persia, presumptive heir of the throne of Cyaxares, his uncle. Cambyses, his father, sent him, Cyrus, with 30, 000 men to assist his uncle Cyaxares, against Neriglissar king of Babylon, and by these was Babylon overthrown. |
28 The voice [06963] of them that flee [05127] and escape out [06405] of the land [0776] of Babylon [0894], to declare [05046] in Zion [06726] the vengeance [05360] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430], the vengeance [05360] of his temple [01964].
3 Order [06186] ye the buckler [04043] and shield [06793], and draw near [05066] to battle [04421].
4 Harness [0631] the horses [05483]; and get up [05927], ye horsemen [06571], and stand forth [03320] with your helmets [03553]; furbish [04838] the spears [07420], and put on [03847] the brigandines [05630].
5 Wherefore have I seen [07200] them dismayed [02844] and turned [05472] away back [0268]? and their mighty ones [01368] are beaten down [03807], and are fled [05127] apace [04498], and look not back [06437]: for fear [04032] was round about [05439], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
6 Let not the swift [07031] flee away [05127], nor the mighty man [01368] escape [04422]; they shall stumble [03782], and fall [05307] toward the north [06828] by [03027] the river [05104] Euphrates [06578].
4 Thy neck [06677] is like the tower [04026] of David [01732] builded [01129] for an armoury [08530], whereon there hang [08518] a thousand [0505] bucklers [04043], all shields [07982] of mighty men [01368].
27 Wherefore David [01732] arose [06965] and went [03212], he and his men [0582], and slew [05221] of the Philistines [06430] two hundred [03967] men [0376]; and David [01732] brought [0935] their foreskins [06190], and they gave them in full tale [04390] to the king [04428], that he might be the king's [04428] son in law [02859]. And Saul [07586] gave [05414] him Michal [04324] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
2 The sons [01121] of Japheth [03315]; Gomer [01586], and Magog [04031], and Madai [04074], and Javan [03120], and Tubal [08422], and Meshech [04902], and Tiras [08494].