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A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
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A Divine Command, Not a Prediction
Several commentators note that the original Hebrew is better translated as a direct command from God: "Sword, fall upon the Chaldeans!" This isn't a passive prediction but an active summons. It powerfully illustrates God's sovereign authority to command the forces of history to carry out His righteous judgment.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Omit "is." A summons comes from Yahweh, Israel’s Goel, to the sword to fall upon all the elements of Babylon’s greatness. The princes were her rule…
19th Century
Anglican
A sword is upon the Chaldeans. —Better, A sword upon the Chaldeans. Here, and in the verses that follow, the interpolate…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet proceeds with the same subject and employs the same manner of speaking. He denounces war on the Chaldeans as a celestial herald; and th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, says the Lord Or, "shall be" F11 or, "O sword, [be you] on the Chaldeans" F12…
It is Israel's comfort in distress that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the domi…
