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Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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Who Are the 'Bullocks'?
Commentators unanimously agree that the term 'bullocks' is used metaphorically. It does not refer to literal animals but to Babylon's most powerful people—her strong youths, military captains, princes, and wealthy elite. The judgment is comprehensive, targeting the very source of the nation's strength and pride.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Her bullocks — Her strong youths.
19th Century
Anglican
Slay all her bullocks. —The words are probably to be taken figuratively of the captains and men of war of Babylon, as in Psalms 22…
16th Century
Protestant
He continues with the same subject; he commands the Persians and the Medes to slay every strong man in Chaldea. For by bullocks, he undoub…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Slay all her bullocks Or, "all her mighty ones", as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version; her princes and great men, as J…
The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they will bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of…
