Jeremiah 51:42
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And I will punish Bel in Babylon,.... The idol of the Babylonians, who had a temple in Babylon, where he was worshipped: the same is called Belus by Aelianus (g), Curtius (h), and Pausanias (i);…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared to the sea.
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
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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