Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Shout--Inspirit one another to the onset with the battle cry.
given . . . hand--an idiom for, "submitted to" the conquerors (1 Chronicles 29:24, Margin; Lamentations 5:6).
as she hath done, do unto her--just retribution in kind. She had destroyed many, so must she be destroyed (Psalms 137:8). So as to spiritual Babylon (Revelation 18:6). This is right because "it is the vengeance of the Lord"; but this will not justify private revenge in kind (Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:19-21); even the Old Testament law forbade this, though breathing a sterner spirit than the New Testament (Exodus 23:4-5; Proverbs 25:21-22).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 50:29
Jeremiah 51:24
Lamentations 5:6
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