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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 50:29
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Call together the archers against Babylon, etc.] The Medes and Persians, who were well skilled in archery, especially the Elamites; (see <232206> Isaiah 22:6); hence Horacef989 makes mention of “Medi pharetra”; and Cyrus in Xenophonf990 says, that he had under his command sixty thousand men that wore targets and were archers; (see Gill on “<245009>Jeremiah 50:9”). Some render it “many”, as the Targum; and the sense is, either gather many together against Babylon, a large army; or cause many to hear the vengeance against Babylon; publish this good news; so the word used by the Targum signifies; and this will be done by Gospel preachers, with respect to mystical Babylon, (<661406>Revelation 14:6,8); all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape; surround it on every side; besiege it so closely that none may be able to escape: recompence her according to her work: according to all that she hath done, do unto her; which is the law of retaliation; (see Gill on “<245015>Jeremiah 50:15”); and with it compare (<661806>Revelation 18:6); for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel; behaved haughtily and contemptuously towards the Lord and his people; burning the city and temple of Jerusalem; profaning the vessels of it, and ill treating the captive Jews; so the Targum, “because she hath spoken ill against the people of the Lord, saying words which were not right before the Holy One of Israel;” which may fitly be applied to antichrist the man of sin, sitting in the temple of God, showing himself as God; opening his mouth in blasphemy against him and his saints, (<530204>2 Thessalonians 2:4 <661305>Revelation 13:5,6).
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