Jeremiah 51:3
“Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow,.... These are either the words of the Lord to the Medes and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The man who bends the bow, and the heavy-armed soldier who vaunts himself in his coat of mail (Jer 46:4 note), represent…
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
Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not lift himself up, etc.] As the mg., when compared with the text,…
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