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Inescapable Judgment
Commentators explain that the prophecy's scope is total. The judgment against Babylon is not limited to a single battlefield but extends throughout the 'land of the Chaldeans' and penetrates the very 'streets' of the capital city. This highlights the inescapable and comprehensive nature of God's decreed destruction.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 51:4
18th Century
Theologian
Translate it: And they, that is, the young men who form her host (Jeremiah 51:3), shall fall slain in the land of the Chal…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 51:4
16th Century
Theologian
He proceeds with what we began yesterday to explain—that the time was near when God would take vengeance on the Babylonians.
Since, then, th…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 51:4
17th Century
Pastor
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans By the sword, or by the arrows and darts of the Medes and Persians…
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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,…