Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cruel—the character of the Persians, and even of Cyrus, notwithstanding his wish to be thought magnanimous (Isaiah 13:18).
like a man—So orderly and united is their "array," that the whole army moves to battle as one man [GROTIUS].
(Compare Jeremiah 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, etc.
coasts—the remote parts.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 50:42:
Jeremiah 6:22
Habakkuk 1:6
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