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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:13 |
Strong Concordance |
O thou that dwellest [07931] [07931] upon many [07227] waters [04325], abundant [07227] in treasures [0214], thine end [07093] is come [0935], and the measure [0520] of thy covetousness [01215]. |
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King James |
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. |
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] |
waters-- (Jer 51:32, Jer 51:36; see on Isa 21:1). The Euphrates surrounded the city and, being divided into many channels, formed islands. Compare as to spiritual Babylon "waters," that is, "many peoples," Rev 17:1, Rev 17:15. A large lake also was near Babylon.
measure--literally, "cubit," which was the most common measure, and therefore is used for a measure in general. The time for putting a limit to thy covetousness [GESENIUS]. There is no "and" in the Hebrew: translate, "thine end, the retribution for thy covetousness" [GROTIUS]. MAURER takes the image to be from weaving: "the cubit where thou art to be cut off"; for the web is cut off, when the required number of cubits is completed (Isa 38:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Upon many waters - The great wealth of Babylonia was caused not merely by the Euphrates, but by a vast system of canals, which served for defense as well as for irrigation.
The measure of thy covetousness - i. e., the appointed end of thy gain. Some render it: the ell of thy cutting off, i. e., the appointed measure at which thou art to be cut off, at which thy web of existence is to be severed from the loom. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Waters - Babylon is said to dwell upon many waters, because the great river Euphrates, did not only run by it, but almost encompass it branching itself into many smaller rivers, which made several parts of the city, islands. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| O thou that dwellest upon many waters - Thou who hast an abundant supply of waters. It was built on the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates; the latter running through the city. But the many waters may mean the many nations which belonged to the Babylonish empire; nations and people are frequently so called in Scripture. |
12 Mine age [01755] is departed [05265], and is removed [01540] from me as a shepherd's [07473] tent [0168]: I have cut off [07088] like a weaver [0707] my life [02416]: he will cut me off [01214] with pining sickness [01803]: from day [03117] even to night [03915] wilt thou make an end [07999] of me.
15 And [2532] he saith [3004] unto me [3427], The waters [5204] which [3739] thou sawest [1492], where [3757] the whore [4204] sitteth [2521], are [1526] peoples [2992], and [2532] multitudes [3793], and [2532] nations [1484], and [2532] tongues [1100].
1 And [2532] there came [2064] one [1520] of [1537] the seven [2033] angels [32] which [3588] had [2192] the seven [2033] vials [5357], and [2532] talked [2980] with [3326] me [1700], saying [3004] unto me [3427], Come hither [1204]; I will shew [1166] unto thee [4671] the judgment [2917] of the great [3173] whore [4204] that sitteth [2521] upon [1909] many [4183] waters [5204]:
1 The burden [04853] of the desert [04057] of the sea [03220]. As whirlwinds [05492] in the south [05045] pass [02498] through; so it cometh [0935] from the desert [04057], from a terrible [03372] land [0776].
36 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I will plead [07378] thy cause [07379], and take vengeance [05358] for thee [05360]; and I will dry up [02717] her sea [03220], and make her springs [04726] dry [03001].
32 And that the passages [04569] are stopped [08610], and the reeds [098] they have burned [08313] with fire [0784], and the men [0582] of war [04421] are affrighted [0926].