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Vindication, Not Merit
Commentators agree that "our righteousness" does not refer to Israel's moral perfection, as they were exiled for their sin. Instead, it refers to the justice of their cause in comparison to their cruel Babylonian oppressors. God's destruction of Babylon was a public act of vindication, proving He was still Israel's God.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 51:10
18th Century
Theologian
Yahweh has brought to the light those things which prove us to be righteous: that is, by punishing Babylon He has justified.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 51:10
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord has brought forth our righteousness ... —The Hebrew noun is plural—the many righteous acts or forms of righteousness.
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 51:10
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet here addresses the faithful and especially shows that the ruin of Babylon would be a sure evidence of God’s paternal favor toward his C…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 51:10
17th Century
Pastor
The Lord has brought forth our righteousness
Or "righteousnesses" F9 this, as Kimchi observes, is spoken …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 51:1–58
17th Century
Minister
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…