Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The prophet anticipates the Jews' reply; I know you will say in despair, "We are confounded," etc. "Wherefore (God saith to you) behold, I will," etc. (Jeremiah 51:52) [CALVIN]. I prefer taking Jeremiah 51:51 as the prayer which the Jews are directed to offer in exile (Jeremiah 51:50), "let Jerusalem come into your mind" (and say in prayer to God), "We are confounded." This view is confirmed by Psalms 44:15-16; Psalms 79:4; Psalms 102:17-20; Isaiah 62:6-7.
for strangers—The "reproach," which especially has stung us, came when they taunted us with the fact that they had burned the temple, our peculiar glory, as though our religion was a thing of naught.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 51:51:
Ecclesiastes 6:2
Jeremiah 51:51
Jeremiah 51:52
Ezekiel 7:24
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