Jeremiah 51:39 KJV,ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-58

The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here, I. An acknowledgment of the great pomp and power that Babylon had been in and the use that God in his providence had made of it (Jer. 51:7): Babylon hath been a golden cup, a rich and glorious empire, a golden city (Isa. 14:4), a head of gold... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:39

In their heat I will make their feasts ,.... I will order it that their feasts shall be id the time of heat, that so they may be made drunk; so Jarchi: or when they are hot with feasting, I will disturb their feast by a handwriting on the wall; so Kimchi; see Daniel 5:1 ; to which he directs: or when they are inflamed with wine, I will put something into their banquets, into their cups; I will mingle their potions with the wine of my wrath; and, while they are feasting, ruin shall come... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:39

In their heat I will make their feasts - It was on the night of a feast day, while their hearts were heated with wine and revelry, that Babylon was taken; see Daniel 5:1-3 . This feast was held in honor of the goddess Sheshach, (or perhaps of Bel), who is mentioned, Jeremiah 51:41 , as being taken with her worshippers. As it was in the night the city was taken, many had retired to rest, and never awoke; slain in their beds, they slept a perpetual sleep. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:39

Verse 39 Here, also, he describes the manner in which Babylon was taken. And hence we learn, that the Prophet did not speak darkly or ambiguously, but so showed, as it were by the finger, the judgment of God, that the prophecy might be known by posterity, in order that they might understand that God’s Spirit had revealed these things by the mouth of the Prophet: for no mortal, had he been a hundred times endowed with the spirit of divination, could ever have thus clearly expressed a thing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6-50

The duty of separating from the world. I. IN WHAT SENSE OBLIGATORY UPON THE CHILDREN OF GOD . 1 . Spiritual detachment is always the duty of saints. In heart and life they are to be separate unto the Lord. Their motives, ulterior aims, and dispositions are to be such as the Holy Spirit creates and fosters. They obey the law of the resurrection life, and "seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, setting their affection on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:38-39

They shall roar …. In their heat; rather, They may roar … ( yet ) when they wax warm ( with lust ) I will prepare. The banquet which Jehovah will prepare is the "cup of bewilderment" spoken of in Psalms 60:3 ; comp. Isaiah 51:17 ( i.e. a calamitous judgment). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:38-49

Fall of Babylon; joy of the whole world. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:39

In their heat ... - While, like so many young lions, they are in the full glow of excitement over their prey, God prepares for them a drinking-bout to end in the sleep of death. Compare Daniel 5:1. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 51:36-39

Jeremiah 51:36-39. Thus saith the Lord, I will plead thy cause This is, as it were, God’s answer to the prayers and imprecations of the Jewish people, mentioned in the two foregoing verses. I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry This some think is spoken figuratively, meaning, I will exhaust her multitudes of people, and dry up all those sources from whence she derived her immense wealth and power. But this was literally fulfilled in Cyrus’s draining the river, and thereby... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:34-58

Response to Babylon’s overthrow (51:34-58)Jeremiah recalls the desperate prayers of the people of Judah who often complained to God about Babylon’s unrestrained greed and cruelty. They cried to God that he would hold Babylon responsible for the violence they suffered, and now God is about to answer their prayers (34-35).God will defend the cause of his people and punish Babylon by destroying it. The nation will be conquered and the city will be left a heap of ruins (36-37). The Babylonians, who... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 51:1-58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:39

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:39

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 51:39

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:6-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:38-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 51:38-49

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 51:39

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 51:36-39

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 51:34-58

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