Jer 50:2-3 | TSK | e4.org | Declare , , ; , ; , , ; set up Heb. lift up, Babylon ; ; , Bel ; Merodach ; her idols , ; ; ; Xerxes, after his return from his unsuccessful expedition into Greece, partly out of religious zeal, being a professed enemy to image worship, and partly to reimburse himself after his immense expenses, seized the sacred treasures, and plundered or destroyed the temples and idols of Babylon, thereby accomplishing the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah. ( , ; , , , .) What God declares, "I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth that which he has swallowed," was also literally fulfilled, when the vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of Bel, , were restored by order of Cyrus, , and again carried to Jerusalem. Bp. Newton, Dis. X.

‏ Jeremiah 50:2-3

Declare Jer 6:18, Jer 31:10, Jer 46:14; Ps 64:9, Ps 96:3; Isa 12:4, Isa 48:6, Isa 66:18-19; Rev 14:6-8

set up Heb. lift up, Isa 13:2

Babylon Jer 51:8; Isa 21:9; Rev 14:8, Rev 18:2

her idols Jer 50:46, Jer 43:12-13; Isa 37:19; Zeph 2:11; Xerxes, after his return from his unsuccessful expedition into Greece, partly out of religious zeal, being a professed enemy to image worship, and partly to reimburse himself after his immense expenses, seized the sacred treasures, and plundered or destroyed the temples and idols of Babylon, thereby accomplishing the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah. (Isa 21:9, Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:52.) What God declares, "I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth that which he has swallowed," was also literally fulfilled, when the vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of Bel, Dan 1:2, were restored by order of Cyrus, Ezra 1:7, and again carried to Jerusalem. Bp. Newton, Dis. X.

out of the The Medes, who formed the greatest part of the army of Cyrus. Media lay ne of Babylon. Jer 50:9, Jer 50:41, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27, Jer 51:48; Isa 13:5, Isa 13:17-18, Isa 13:20

which Jer 50:12-13, Jer 50:35-40, Jer 51:8-9, Jer 51:25-26, Jer 51:37-44, Jer 51:62; Isa 13:6-10, Isa 13:19-22, Isa 14:22-24; Rev 18:21-23

both Jer 7:20, Jer 21:6; Gen 6:7; Exod 12:12; Zeph 1:3