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A Divine War Command
Commentators explain that this verse is a divine command to the Medes and Persians. God is commissioning them to attack Babylon's defenders, specifically targeting both the archers and the heavily armored soldiers. This imagery signifies that the entire Babylonian army is the target of this divine judgment.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 51:3
18th Century
Theologian
The man who bends the bow, and the heavy-armed soldier who vaunts himself in his coat of mail (Jeremiah 46:4, note), represent the Baby…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 51:3
19th Century
Bishop
Let the archer bend his bow. —The words represent the sense of the original, but the Hebrew word for “archer” is literall…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 51:3
16th Century
Theologian
Interpreters offer various explanations of this verse. Some understand him who bends the bow to mean a light-armored soldier; and by h…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 51:3
17th Century
Pastor
Against [him that] bends let the archer bend his bow
These are either the words of the Lord to the Medes and Persian…
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,…