Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
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Gill's Exposition
And with thee also will I break in pieces man and woman,.... Or, "have broken"; having no respect to any sex, and to the propagation of posterity:
and with thee will I break in pieces old and young;…
Barnes' Notes
Or, Thou art my maul, weapons of war etc. The maul or mace Pro 25:18 only differs from the hammer Jer 50:23 in being used for warlike purposes. Omit the “will” in “will I break.” The crushing of the…
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…
Is it (a) Cyrus, as conqueror of Babylon, or (b) Babylon herself, that is addressed? Jer 51:51 seems to support (a), but on the whole (b) is perhaps preferable. The future tenses can as well be…
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