John Trapp on Jeremiah 50:2
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Jeremiah50:2
Ver. 2. Declare ye among the nations] Let all take notice of the good news: there ſhall be a general goal-delivery; ſing therefore Jo triumphe.
Say, Babylon is taken] So Eſay 21.9.
Bel is confounded] This Bel was Nimrod, whoſe nephew Ninus ſet him up for a god. Merodach (a reſtorer of their Empire, whereof Nimrod had been founder) was likewiſe idolized.Merodach [non-Latin text not transcribed]; ſive ſce t[illegible: 1 letter]ifer Chaldaicâ appellatione. They are called dirty deities (faeditates & ſtercora, a name good enough for them) and ſaid to be confounded. See Eſa. 46.1. Sorrows alſo: becauſe their ſorrows ſhall be multiplied that haſten after another God, Pſal. 16.4.
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