Jeremiah 51:42
“The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And I will punish Bel in Babylon,.... The idol of the Babylonians, who had a temple in Babylon, where he was worshipped:…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared to the sea.
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
The sea is come up the hostile army arriving in overwhelming force. Cp. Jer 46:7-8; Jer 47:2; Isa 17:12.
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