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A Sickness Beyond Healing
Commentators explain that Babylon's moral and spiritual sickness was incurable. Whether it was her allies (as Calvin suggests) or the Israelite exiles (as Ellicott proposes) who tried to "heal" her, their efforts were in vain. Her sins had piled up so high that her judgment was sealed by God, making her destruction inevitable and complete.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 51:9
18th Century
Theologian
Omit would. All was done that it was possible to do to heal her.
To the skies - Or, to the clouds.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 51:9
19th Century
Bishop
We would have healed Babylon ... —This is the dramatic answer of the Israelite exiles to the prophet’s appeal. They have …
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 51:9
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet assumes different characters; he speaks here in the person of those who themselves brought help to the Babylonians. Many, no doubt, wou…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 51:9
17th Century
Pastor
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed These are either the words of the friends of Babylon of her auxiliari…
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,…