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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 50:26 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 50:26 |
Strong Concordance |
Come [0935] against her from the utmost border [07093], open [06605] her storehouses [03965]: cast her up [05549] as heaps [06194], and destroy her utterly [02763]: let nothing of her be left [07611]. |
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King James |
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
from the utmost border--namely, of the earth. Or, from all sides LUDOVICUS DE DIEU].
storehouses--or, "her houses filled with men and goods" [MICHAELIS]. When Cyrus took it, the provisions found there were enough to have lasted for many years.
as heaps--make of the once glorious city heaps of ruins. Vast mounds of rubbish now mark the site of ancient Babylon. "Tread her as heaps of corn which are wont to be trodden down in the threshing-floor" [GROTIUS]. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Against her - Or, to her, in order to plunder her. Her storehouses (literally granaries) are to burst open, the grain piled up in heaps, and finally they are to devote her to destruction, i. e., to burn her wealth with fire.
From the utmost border - (Or, "from the first of you even to the last").
Let nothing of her be left - literally, let her have no remnant. Contrast Jer 5:10. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Open her store - houses - The granaries, or treasures of the Babylonians. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Open her store-houses - At the time that Cyrus took the city, it was full of provisions and treasures of all kinds; the walls had suffered no injury; and when the inhabitants heard that the enemy was within, they thought they must have arisen out of the earth in the center of the city! |
10 Go ye up [05927] upon her walls [08284], and destroy [07843]; but make [06213] not a full end [03617]: take away [05493] her battlements [05189]; for they are not the LORD'S [03068].