Jeremiah 50:35

“A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, etc.] Or, “shall be”f995 or, “O sword, [be thou] on the Chaldeans”f996; that is, the sword of the Medes and Persians; those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; in the mystic sense, the Christian princes that shall draw the sword against the antichristian states: and upon the inhabitants of Babylon; the metropolis of Chaldea; the common people in it, as distinguished from those of high rank and degree following: and upon her princes; Belshazzar and his nobles, who were slain the night Babylon was taken: and upon her wise [men]; prime ministers, politicians, and counsellors of state; neither high birth nor great wisdom can secure from the…”

“The repetition of "A sword" in the beginning of each verse, by the figure anaphora, heightens the effect; the reiterated judgment is universal; the same sad stroke of the sword is upon each and all connected with guilty Babylon. wise men-- (Isa 47:13). Babylon boasted that it was the peculiar seat of wisdom and wise men, especially in astronomy and astrology.”

“Omit “is.” A summons comes from Yahweh, Israel’s Goel, to the sword to fall upon all the elements of Babylon’s greatness. The princes were her rulers at home and her generals in war. The wise men were those upon whose learning she so prided herself (Daniel 1:4 note). return to 'Top of Page'”

“50:35-38 Babylon would experience exactly the kind of violence it had meted out. The same charges were brought against Babylon as were brought against Israel, Judah, Egypt, and their neighbors. All of them worshiped idols instead of the one true God. • The sword of destruction refers to the Persian army.”

“sword: Jer 47:6; Lev 26:25; Isa 66:16; Eze 14:2; Hos 11:6; Zac 11:17 upon her princes: Jer 50:27, Jer 50:30, Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57; Isa 41:25; Dan 5:1, Dan 5:2, Dan 5:30 her wise men: Jer 8:9, Jer 10:7; Isa 19:11-13, Isa 29:14, Isa 44:25, Isa 47:13, Isa 47:14; Dan 5:7, Dan 5:8 Jeremiah 50:36”