Isaiæ 51:44

Nova Vulgata

"Et visitabo super Bel in Babylone et eiciam, quod absorbuerat, de ore eius; et non confluent ad eum ultra gentes, siquidem et murus Babylonis corruet.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Et visitabo super Bel in Babylone, et ejiciam quod absorbuerat de ore ejus : et non confluent ad eum ultra gentes, siquidem et murus Babylonis corruet.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Et visitabo super Bel in Babylone,
et ejiciam quod absorbuerat de ore ejus:
et non confluent ad eum ultra gentes,
siquidem et murus Babylonis corruet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will punish: Jeremiah 51:18, Jeremiah 51:47, Jeremiah 50:2, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2

I will bring: Jeremiah 51:34, 2 Chronicles 36:7, Ezra 1:7, Daniel 1:2, Daniel 5:2-4, Daniel 5:26

the nations: Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 60:5, Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:3, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 4:1, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 5:19, Daniel 5:31, Revelation 18:9-19

the wall: Jeremiah 51:53, Jeremiah 51:58

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:19 - swallow Job 5:5 - swalloweth Job 20:18 - swallow Isaiah 19:1 - the idols Isaiah 21:2 - the treacherous Isaiah 21:9 - all Isaiah 25:11 - he shall bring Isaiah 49:19 - they that Jeremiah 43:12 - in the Jeremiah 50:15 - her foundations Jeremiah 50:26 - open Jeremiah 50:38 - the land Habakkuk 2:8 - thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will punish Bel in Babylon,.... The idol of the Babylonians, who had a temple in Babylon, where he was worshipped: the same is called Belus by Aelianus g, Curtius h, and Pausanias i; perhaps the same Herodian k calls Belis, and says some take him to be Apollo; for more of him, :-; and

:-; who was punished when his temple was demolished, and plundered of its wealth; this golden image of Belus was broke to pieces, and the gold of it carried away. The Targum is,

"I will visit or punish them that worship Bel in Babylon:''

and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; the rich offerings made to him when victories were obtained; all success being ascribed to him; and the spoils of conquered enemies, which were brought and laid up in his temple, particularly the vessels of the sanctuary at Jerusalem, which were deposited there; see

2 Chronicles 36:7; and which were restored by Cyrus, Ezra 1:7; which restoration of them greatly fulfilled this prophecy; and was a refunding of what was lodged with him, or a vomiting what he had swallowed up; compare with this the story of "Bel and the dragon":

and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him; either to worship him, or bring their presents to him, to ingratiate themselves with the king of Babylon:

yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall; which Bel was not able to defend; and therefore should be deserted by his worshippers. The Targum renders it in the plural, the walls of Babylon; of which,

Ezra 1:7- :. Some think that not the wall of the city is here meant: but the temple of Bel, which was as a wall or fortress to the city; but now should fall, and be so no more; since it is not easy to give a reason why mention here should be made of the fall of the walls of the city; and seeing express mention is made of this afterwards.

g Var. Hist. l. 13. c. 3. h Hist. l. 5. c. 1. i L. 1. sive Attica, p. 29. k Hist. l. 8. c. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sacred vessels plundered from Jerusalem, and laid up in the very temple of Bel, should be restored; the men and women dragged from other lands to people the city, released; and its wall falling would show the insignificance to which it should be reduced.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 51:44. I will punish Bel in Babylon — Bel or Belus was their supreme deity.

That which he hath swallowed up — The sacred vessels of the temple of Jerusalem, which were taken thence by Nebuchadnezzar, and dedicated to him in his temple at Babylon.

The wall of Babylon shall fall. — It shall cease to be a defense; and shall moulder away until, in process of time, it shall not be discernible.