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Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
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God Stirs Up Nations
Commentators emphasize that the invading armies were "stirred up," indicating God's sovereign control. John Calvin notes that while kings like Cyrus acted on their own ambition, they were ultimately instruments in God's hands, serving as His "scourges" to execute judgment on Babylon. This shows that God directs the course of nations to fulfill His divine purposes.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Jeremiah 50:41)
An application to Babylon of the doom against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 6:22–24).
The coasts of…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet again shows from where destruction was to come on the Babylonians. He does not indeed mention Cyrus, as Isaiah does ([Reference Isaiah …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation The Modes and Persians, whose country lay north of Babylon…
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