29 "Summon many against Babylon , All those who bend the bow : Encamp against her on every side , Let there be no escape . Repay her according to her work ; According to all that she has done , so do to her; For she has become arrogant against the Lord , Against the Holy One of Israel . 30 "Therefore her young men will fall in her streets , And all her men of war will be silenced in that day ," declares the Lord . 31 "Behold , I am against you, O arrogant one," Declares the Lord GOD of hosts , "For your day has come , The time when I will punish you. 32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set fire to his cities And it will devour all his environs ."
33 Thus says the Lord of hosts , "The sons of Israel are oppressed , And the sons of Judah as well ; And all who took them captive have held them fast , They have refused to let them go . 34 "Their Redeemer is strong , the Lord of hosts is His name ; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring rest to the earth , But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon . 35 "A sword against the Chaldeans ," declares the Lord , "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her officials and her wise men !
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 50:29-35
Commentary on Jeremiah 50:21-32
(Read Jeremiah 50:21-32)
The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?
Commentary on Jeremiah 50:33-46
(Read Jeremiah 50:33-46)
It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon's sin, and their punishment. The sins are, idolatry and persecution. He that will not save his people in their sins, never will countenance the wickedness of his open enemies. The judgments of God for these sins will lay them waste. In the judgments denounced against prosperous Babylon, and the mercies promised to afflicted Israel, we learn to choose to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.