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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 51:44 - 51:44
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Bel ... swallowed - in allusion to the many sacrifices to the idol which its priests pretended it swallowed at night; or rather, the precious gifts taken from other nations and offered to it (which it is said to have “swallowed”; compare “devoured,” “swallowed,” Jer 51:34; Jer 50:17), which it should have to disgorge (compare Jer 51:13; Jer 50:37). Of these gifts were the vessels of Jehovah’s temple in Jerusalem (2Ch 36:7; Dan 1:2). The restoration of these, as foretold here, is recorded in Ezr 1:7-11.
flow - as a river; fitly depicting the influx of pilgrims of all “nations” to the idol.