Jeremiah 50:12
“Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Your mother shall be sore confounded,.... The monarchy of the Chaldeans; so the Targum and jarchi, your congregation; or…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Your mother - i. e., Babylon. Confounded ... ashamed. Or, ashamed ... blush. Behold ... - Translate, “Behold she is the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 50:9-20
God is here by his prophet, as afterwards in his providence, proceeding in his controversy with Babylon. Observe,
I. The…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
your mother Babylon, as mother of the individual citizens. Cp. Hos 2:2; Hos 2:5.
a wilderness … a desert Cp. Jer 2:6;…
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