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God's Sovereign Hand
Commentators unanimously emphasize that God is the active agent behind Babylon's fall. The text says, "I will stir up and cause to come up..." John Calvin notes the Hebrew is emphatic, as if God is saying, "I myself am the one doing this." This reveals that historical events, even those involving vast empires, are under God's sovereign control to fulfill His purposes.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 50:9
18th Century
Theologian
I will raise - Or, stir up.
An assembly of great nations - The Medo-Persian empire was as much an aggregate of discordant nati…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 50:9
19th Century
Bishop
An assembly of great nations from the north country. —Like all the great monarchies of the East, the Medo-Persian kingdom…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 50:9
16th Century
Theologian
Here, again, God declares that enemies would come and overthrow the monarchy of Babylon; but what was previously mentioned is here more clearly exp…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 50:9
17th Century
Pastor
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon ,
&c.] The work was of the Lord; it was he that would giv…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 50:8–20
17th Century
Minister
The desolation that shall be brought upon Babylon is described in a variety of expressions. The cause of this destruction is the wrath of the Lord.…