Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
hands waxed feeble—attempted no resistance; immediately was overcome, as HERODOTUS tells us.
(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 50:43:
Isaiah 13:7
Jeremiah 6:22
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