UYeremiya 51:11

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

11 Khazimlisani iintolo, qubulani amakhaka; uYehova uxhoxhe umoya wokumkani bamaKaledi. Ngokuba umnkqangiyelo wakhe ukwiBhabheli, ukuba ayonakalise: ngokuba yimpindezelo kaYehova, yimpindezelo yetempile yakhe.

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Make: Jeremiah 46:4, Jeremiah 46:9, Jeremiah 50:9, Jeremiah 50:14, Jeremiah 50:25, Jeremiah 50:28, Jeremiah 50:29, Isaiah 21:5

bright: Heb. pure

the Lord hath: Jeremiah 51:27, Jeremiah 51:28, 1 Kings 11:14, 1 Kings 11:23, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1, Isaiah 10:26, Isaiah 13:17, Isaiah 13:18, Isaiah 21:2, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:5, Isaiah 46:11, Revelation 17:16, Revelation 17:17

the spirit: Of Cyaxares king of Media, called "Darius the Mede" in scripture; and of Cyrus his nephew, king of persia, presumptive heir of the throne of his uncle.

his device: Jeremiah 51:12, Jeremiah 51:29, Jeremiah 50:45

the vengeance: Jeremiah 51:24, Jeremiah 51:35, Jeremiah 50:15, Jeremiah 50:28, Psalms 74:3-11, Psalms 83:3-9, Habakkuk 2:17-20, Zechariah 12:2, Zechariah 12:3, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:12

Reciprocal: Esther 1:3 - of Persia Isaiah 13:4 - noise Isaiah 13:5 - from a far Isaiah 47:3 - I will take Jeremiah 18:11 - and devise Jeremiah 25:25 - Medes Jeremiah 46:3 - General Jeremiah 49:14 - Gather Jeremiah 50:3 - out of the Jeremiah 50:41 - General Jeremiah 51:6 - for this Jeremiah 51:48 - the spoilers Jeremiah 51:49 - As Babylon Jeremiah 51:53 - from Daniel 5:30 - General Daniel 8:3 - one Joel 3:5 - ye Nahum 2:1 - keep Habakkuk 2:7 - they Revelation 8:5 - and filled

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Make bright the arrows,.... Which were covered with rust; scour them of it; anoint them with oil, as armour were wont to be; make them neat, clean, and bright, that they may pierce the deeper; hence we read of a "polished shaft", or arrow, one made bright and pure,

Isaiah 49:2; agreeably to this some render the word "sharpen the arrows" k; so the Targum. The word has the signification of "choosing"; but, as Gussetius observes l, whether the direction be to choose the best arrows, or to scour clean and polish them, the end is the same; namely, to have such as are most fit for use. Joseph Kimchi derives the word from another, which signifies a feather; and so renders it, "feather the arrows" m; that they may fly the swifter. These and what follow are either the words of God, or of the prophet; or, as some think, of the Jews about to return to Judea, whose words are continued, exhorting the Medes and Persians to go on with the war against the Chaldeans; but they rather seem to be addressed to the Chaldeans themselves, putting them upon doing these things; and suggesting, that when they had done all they could, it would be to no purpose:

gather the shields; which lay scattered about and neglected in time of peace: or, "fill" them; fill the hands with them; or bring in a full or sufficient number; since there would be now occasion for them, to defend them against the enemy. The Targum, and several versions, render it, "fill the quivers" n; that is, with arrows; and so Jarchi: or, "fill the shields" o; that is, with oil; anoint them, as in

Isaiah 21:5;

the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; of Cyaxares, or Darius the Mede, and of Cyrus, who succeeded his uncle as king of Media; and indeed the army that came against Babylon was an army of Medes joined by the Persians, Cyrus being employed as general of it by his uncle. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read it, "the spirit of the king of the Medes"; with which the following clause seems to agree:

for his device [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; the device of the king of the Medes, Darius; or rather the device of the Lord, who stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; put it into their hearts to fulfil his will; and gave them wisdom and skill, courage and resolution, to do it; and as he will to the kings of the earth against mystical Babylon, Revelation 17:16;

because it [is] the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple; his vengeance on Babylon, for the destruction of his temple, and the profanation of it; see Jeremiah 50:28.

k הברו החצים "acuite sagittas", V. L. Castalio; "exacuite", Montanus. l Ebr. Comment. p. 148. m "Ponite pennas in sagittis", so some in Vatablus. n מלאו השלטים πληρουτε τας φαρετρας, Sept. "implete pharetras", V. L. Castalio, So Syr. this version is prefered by Gussetius, Ebr. Comment. p. 860, 945. o "Implete scuta, scil. oleo", Stockius, p. 1098.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Make bright - Rather, Sharpen.

The Medes Genesis 10:2 were a branch of the great Aryan family, who as conquerors had seized upon the vast regions extending from the Caspian Sea to the eastern borders of Mesopotamia, but without being able to dispossess the Turanian tribes who had previously dwelt there. They were divided into numerous clans, each with its own local chief, the leaders of the larger sections being those who are here called kings.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 51:11. Make bright the arrows — This is the prophet's address to Babylon.

The Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes — Of Cyaxares king of Media, called Darius the Mede in Scripture; and of Cyrus king of Persia, presumptive heir of the throne of Cyaxares, his uncle. Cambyses, his father, sent him, Cyrus, with 30,000 men to assist his uncle Cyaxares, against Neriglissar king of Babylon, and by these was Babylon overthrown.