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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Jeremiah 50:36

liars--Those whom he before termed "wise men," he here calls "liars" (impostors), namely, the astrologers (compare Isaiah 44:25; Romans 1:21-25; 1 Corinthians 1:20).

Jeremiah 50:35-37

The repetition of "A sword" in the beginning of each verse, by the figure anaphora, heightens the effect; the reiterated judgment is universal; the same sad stroke of the sword is upon each and all connected with guilty Babylon.

wise men-- (Isaiah 47:13). Babylon boasted that it was the peculiar seat of wisdom and wise men, especially in astronomy and astrology.

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Isaiah 44:25

 

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