I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth,.... Babylon is called a mountain, though situated in a plain, because of its high walls, lofty towers,…
Barnes' Notes
Captains ... rulers - Jer 51:28. Pashas and Sagans. The prophet dwells at length upon Babylon’s destructiveness.
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…
Cambridge Bible
governors[mg. lieutenants and deputies Cp. Jer 51:51; Jer 51:51; also Eze 23:6; Eze 23:12-23. The names in the original are not Heb. but Assyrian, and are often found in inscriptions in that language.…