Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 51:50
escaped . . . sword—namely, of the Medes. So great will be the slaughter that even some of God's people shall be involved in it, as they had deserved.
afar off—though ye are banished far off from where ye used formerly to worship God.
let Jerusalem come into your mind—While in exile remember your temple and city, so as to prefer them to all the rest of the world wherever ye may be (Isaiah 62:6).
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