Jeremiah 51:41
“How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness,.... Which some understand of Babylon itself, divided into two…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Sheshach - Babylon: see the Jer 51:1 note. Surprised - i. e., seized, captured.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 51:1-58
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Sheshach i.e. Babylon. See on Jer 25:26.
a desolation mg. an astonishment. Cp. Jer 51:51.
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