Jeremiah 51:22
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
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Gill's Exposition
And I will render unto Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea,.... Or, "but I will render" (w), &c. though I have made this use of Babylon, she shall not be spared, but receive her just…
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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