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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 50:2

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Confounded ... confounded - ashamed ... ashamed. Merodach - This deity, in the inscriptions Marduk, was the tutelary god of Babylon, and Nebuchadnezzar, who called his son Evil-Merodach, appears to have been especially devoted to his service. He was really identical with Bel, and his equivalent among the planets was Jupiter: and as such he was styled “King of heaven and earth.” return to 'Top of Page'
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