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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 50:41

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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(Compare Jer 6:22-24). The very language used to describe the calamities which Babylon inflicted on Zion is that here employed to describe Babylon's own calamity inflicted by the Medes. Retribution in kind. kinds--the allies and satraps of the various provinces of the Medo-Persian empire: Armenia, Hyrcania, Lydia, &c. coasts--the remote parts.
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