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I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
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God's Judgment on Idols
The prophecy declares God's judgment not just on the nation of Babylon, but specifically on its chief deity, Bel. Commentators explain this was to show the utter powerlessness of idols and to reassure God's people. Their exile was due to their own sin, not God's weakness. The fall of Babylon's walls, which scholars note were named in Bel's honor, served as a public humiliation of the false god.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The sacred vessels plundered from Jerusalem, and laid up in the very temple of Bel, should be restored; the men and women dragged from other lands …
19th Century
Anglican
And I will punish Bel in Babylon. —See Note on Jeremiah 50:2. The god whom Babylon worshipped is, as before, thought of a…
16th Century
Protestant
God again declares that He would take vengeance on the idols of Babylon; not that God is properly incensed against idols, for they are nothing but …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will punish Bel in Babylon The idol of the Babylonians, who had a temple in Babylon, where he was worshipped: the s…
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…
