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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:12 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 51:12	Strong Concordance	Set up [05375] the standard [05251] upon the walls [02346] of Babylon [0894], make the watch [04929] strong [02388], set up [06965] the watchmen [08104], prepare [03559] the ambushes [0693]: for the LORD [03068] hath both devised [02161] and done [06213] that which he spake [01696] against the inhabitants [03427] of Babylon [0894].
	King James	Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
With all your efforts, your city shall be taken. standard--to summon the defenders together to any point threatened by the besiegers.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

With all your efforts, your city shall be taken.

standard--to summon the defenders together to any point threatened by the besiegers.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Upon the walls of Babylon - Or, "against the walls." The King James Version takes the word ironically, as a summons to Babylon to prepare for her defense; others take it as a summons to the army to make the attack.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Upon the walls of Babylon - Or, "against the walls." The King James Version takes the word ironically, as a summons to Babylon to prepare for her defense; others take it as a summons to the army to make the attack.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Set up - These seem to be the prophet's words to the Babylonians, rousing them out of their security. Historians tell us that the city was fortified by walls of fifty cubits high, and two hundred cubits broad, and by a very deep and large ditch.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Set up - These seem to be the prophet's words to the Babylonians, rousing them out of their security. Historians tell us that the city was fortified by walls of fifty cubits high, and two hundred cubits broad, and by a very deep and large ditch.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Set up the standard - A call to the enemies of Babylon to invest the city and press the siege.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Set up the standard - A call to the enemies of Babylon to invest the city and press the siege.

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