Jeremías 50:1

1 Palabra que habló el SEÑOR contra Babilonia, contra la tierra de los caldeos, por mano de Jeremías profeta

Jeremías 50:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:1

The word that the Lord spake against Babylon
Or "to", of "of Babylon" ^F3; the city of Babylon, the metropolis of the Chaldean empire; sometimes it signifies the whole country, here the city only, as appears by what follows: [and] against the land of the Chaldeans;
whither the Jews were carried captive, for whose comfort this prophecy is delivered out; and which had subdued other nations, and was become an universal monarchy; these people are mentioned last, because the rest of the nations were to drink the cup of God's wrath at their hands, and then they were to drink it after them; see ( Jeremiah 25:9 Jeremiah 25:26 ) ; this is to be understood not only of Babylon and its empire, literally taken, but of mystical Babylon and its dependencies; of Rome, and its jurisdiction; of antichrist, and the antichristian states, the last enemies of the church and people of God, who will be destroyed by the pouring out of the seven vials; see ( Revelation 15:1 ) ( 16:19 ) . This prophecy, which is called "the word that the Lord spake", for it was from him, the thing was decreed and declared by him, came by Jeremiah the prophet,
to whom the king of Babylon had been very kind; but yet he must be, and was, faithful as a prophet, to deliver what he had from the Lord concerning the ruin of his empire.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (lbb la) "ad Babel", Montanus; "de Babylone", V. L. "de Babel", Cocceius.

Jeremías 50:1 In-Context

1 Palabra que habló el SEÑOR contra Babilonia, contra la tierra de los caldeos, por mano de Jeremías profeta

2 Denunciad en los gentiles, y haced saber; levantad también bandera; publicad, y no lo encubráis, decid: Tomada es Babilonia, Bel es confundido, deshecho es Merodac; confundidas son sus esculturas, quebrados son sus ídolos

3 Porque subió contra ella gente del aquilón, la cual pondrá su tierra en asolamiento, y no habrá quien en ella more, ni hombre ni animal: se movieron, se fueron

4 En aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice el SEÑOR, vendrán los hijos de Israel, ellos y los hijos de Judá juntamente; e irán andando y llorando, y buscarán al SEÑOR su Dios

5 Preguntarán por el camino de Sion, hacia donde volverán sus rostros, diciendo: Venid, y juntaos al SEÑOR con Pacto eterno, que jamás se ponga en olvido