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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Jeremiah 51:47 - 51:47
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Therefore, viz., because what has been stated above will happen, or because the events mentioned in Jer 51:46 are harbingers of the judgment on Babylon, - therefore days are coming when God shall execute judgment on the idols of Babylon, and dry up the land
(Note: Keil has here misread the Hebrew text, which runs כָּל־אַרְצָהּ תֵּבֹּושׁ. The verb does not come from יָבֵשׁ, to become dry, but from בֹּושׁ, to be ashamed; hence the correct rendering is, "all her land shall be ashamed," not "shall be dried up." - Tr.)
(cf. Jer 51:43), and all her slain ones, i.e., all her inhabitants shall fall down, slain in the midst of her. לָכֵן הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים, "Therefore, behold, days are coming," is a formula very frequently found in Jeremiah; cf. Jer 7:32; Jer 16:14; Jer 19:6; Jer 23:7, etc.