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Jeremiah 50

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Jeremiah 50 . 1 , The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:1

This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:

Jeremiah 50:1 · BSB

against Babylon12 parallels

the land4 parallels

Jeremiah2 parallels

Heb. the hand of Jeremiah

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am 3409 , bc 595

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

Jeremiah 50:2 · BSB

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Heb. lift up

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her idols12 parallels

  • Jeremiah 50:46
  • Jeremiah 43:12
  • Jeremiah 43:13
  • Isaiah 37:19
  • Zephaniah 2:11 Xerxes , after his return from his unsuccessful expedition into Greece , partly out of religious zeal , being a professed enemy to image worship , and partly to reimburse himself after his immense expenses , seized the sacred treasures , and plundered or destroyed the temples and idols of Babylon , thereby accomplishing the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah
  • Isaiah 21:9
  • Isaiah 46:1
  • Jeremiah 50:2
  • Jeremiah 51:44
  • Jeremiah 51:47 Jeremiah 51 . 52. What God declares , "I will punish Bel in Babylon , and I will bring forth that which he has swallowed ," was also literally fulfilled , when the vessels of the house of God , which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of Bel
  • Daniel 1:2 were restored by order of Cyrus
  • Ezra 1:7 and again carried to Jerusalem. Bp. Newton , Dis. X

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Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”

Jeremiah 50:3 · BSB

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The Medes , who formed the greatest part of the army of Cyrus. Media lay ne of Babylon

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Jeremiah 50:4

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 50:4 · BSB

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the children of Israel18 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Jeremiah 50:5 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:6

My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

Jeremiah 50:6 · BSB

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their shepherds5 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:7

All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

Jeremiah 50:7 · BSB

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the habitation3 parallels

the hope4 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:8

Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.

Jeremiah 50:8 · BSB

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he goats1 parallel

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Jeremiah 50:9

For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

Jeremiah 50:9 · BSB

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an assembly The army of Cyrus was composed of Medes , Persians , Armenians , Caducians , Sace , etc.; all of which , arranged under the Medes , came from the north.

expert man or , destroyer

Jeremiah 50:10

Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:10 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:11

“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

Jeremiah 50:11 · BSB

ye were11 parallels

ye destroyers13 parallels

ye are6 parallels

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Heb. big , or , corpulent

bellow as bulls1 parallel

or , neigh as steeds

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Jeremiah 50:12

your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Jeremiah 50:12 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:13

Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.

Jeremiah 50:13 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:14

Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:14 · BSB

in array10 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:15

Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.

Jeremiah 50:15 · BSB

Shout4 parallels

she hath4 parallels

her foundations4 parallels

for it19 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:16

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.

Jeremiah 50:16 · BSB

the sower3 parallels

they shall turn every one3 parallels

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sickle or , scythe

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 50:17 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:18

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

Jeremiah 50:18 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:19

I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

Jeremiah 50:19 · BSB

bring25 parallels

he shall4 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:20

In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

Jeremiah 50:20 · BSB

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the iniquity14 parallels

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I will pardon7 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:21

Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:21 · BSB

up3 parallels

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or , visitation

and do11 parallels

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Merathaim or , the rebels

Jeremiah 50:22

“The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.

Jeremiah 50:22 · BSB

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Jeremiah 4 . 19-21

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Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Jeremiah 50:23 · BSB

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Jeremiah 51 . 20-24

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Jeremiah 50:24

I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:24 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:25

The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 50:25 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:26

Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.

Jeremiah 50:26 · BSB

against4 parallels

open3 parallels

cast her up7 parallels

or , tread her

destroy8 parallels

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the utmost Heb. the end

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 50:27 · BSB

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their day8 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:28

Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

Jeremiah 50:28 · BSB

voice3 parallels

to declare8 parallels

vengeance of his3 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:29

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:29 · BSB

the archers3 parallels

recompense6 parallels

for she hath13 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:30 · BSB

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Therefore Gobrias and Gadates , when they entered Babylon , marched directly to the palace , killing all they met.

Jeremiah 50:31

“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

Jeremiah 50:31 · BSB

I am10 parallels

O thou12 parallels

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most proud Heb. pride

Jeremiah 50:32

The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”

Jeremiah 50:32 · BSB

the most proud7 parallels

Heb. pride

none3 parallels

kindle10 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:33

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.

Jeremiah 50:33 · BSB

and all11 parallels

they refused9 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:34 · BSB

Redeemer11 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:35

A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.

Jeremiah 50:35 · BSB

sword6 parallels

upon her princes8 parallels

her wise men9 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:36

A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Jeremiah 50:36 · BSB

upon the liars8 parallels

or , upon the chief stays , Heb. bars

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her mighty10 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:37

A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

Jeremiah 50:37 · BSB

their horses9 parallels

all the3 parallels

as women4 parallels

her treasures2 parallels

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Jeremiah 50:38

A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

Jeremiah 50:38 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:39

So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

Jeremiah 50:39 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:40

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

Jeremiah 50:40 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:41

Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.

Jeremiah 50:41 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:42

They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:42 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:43 · BSB

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Jeremiah 50:44

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

Jeremiah 50:44 · BSB

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appoint me the time or , convent me to plead

Jeremiah 50:45

Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Jeremiah 50:45 · BSB

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We have already adverted to the completion of the prophecies respecting the final destruction of Babylon . on

  • Isaiah 13:18 and shall only add a few more observations , in order to shew more clearly the full accomplishment of some of these predictions. Strabo says that in his time . about the Christian era a great part of it was a desert. Jerome says that in his time . cir. ad 340 it was quite in ruins , the walls merely serving for an inclosure for wild beasts , for the hunting of the kings of Parthia , and modern travellers universally concur in describing it in a state of utter desolation , and the habitation of wild beasts and noxious reptiles

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Jeremiah 50:46

At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

Jeremiah 50:46 · BSB

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