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Jeremiah 50:33-46

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33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: 1The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; 2they refuse to let them go.
34 3Their Redeemer is strong; 4the Lord of hosts is his name. 5He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against 6her officials and her 7wise men!
36 A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her 8warriors, that they may be destroyed!
37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all 9the foreign troops in her midst, that 10they may become women! 11A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered!
38 12A drought against her waters, that they may be dried up! 13For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols.
39 14“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations.
40 15As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, 16so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
41 17“Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
42 They lay hold of bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy. The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea; they ride on horses, arrayed as a man for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon!
43 “The king of Babylon heard the report of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain as of a woman in labor.
44 18“Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd 19can stand before me?
45 Therefore hear 20the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, 21and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: 22Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
46 23At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations. ”
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Jeremiah 50:33-46 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 50

This and the following chapter contain a long prophecy concerning the destruction of Babylon; and which is expressed in such language, that it may be, and is to be, accommodated to the destruction of mystical Babylon; and several passages in the book of the Revelation are borrowed from hence; and it is intermixed with promises and prophecies of the deliverance of God's people from thence, and of the conversion of the Jews, and the restoration of them to their own which will be at that time; see Jer 50:4,5,8,19,20,33,34. The destruction of Babylon in general is proclaimed and declared, and the manner and cause of it, Jer 50:1-13; then the enemies of Babylon are stirred up and animated to proceed against her, and execute the judgments of God upon her, Jer 50:14-30. Next follows the Lord's controversy with her, because of her pride and oppression of his people; and threatens her with the sword, drought, and utter destruction, Jer 50:31-40; and then a description is given of her enemies, that should be the instruments of her destruction, Jer 50:41-44; and the chapter is closed with observing, that this is all according to the counsel and purpose of God, Jer 50:45,46.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 23

  • 1. 50:33 [ver. 17]
  • 2. 50:33 [Isa. 14:17]
  • 3. 50:34 See Isa. 43:14
  • 4. 50:34 See ch. 10:16
  • 5. 50:34 ch. 51:36; Isa. 51:22
  • 6. 50:35 ch. 51:57; Dan. 5:30
  • 7. 50:35 Dan. 4:6
  • 8. 50:36 ch. 51:57
  • 9. 50:37 See ch. 25:20
  • 10. 50:37 ch. 51:30
  • 11. 50:37 [Isa. 45:3]
  • 12. 50:38 Isa. 44:27; [ch. 51:36]
  • 13. 50:38 ver. 2; ch. 51:47, 52
  • 14. 50:39 Isa. 13:21, 22
  • 15. 50:40 Gen. 19:25; See Isa. 13:19
  • 16. 50:40 ch. 51:43
  • 17. 50:41 For ver. 41-43, see ch. 6:22-24
  • 18. 50:44 For ver. 44-46, see ch. 49:19-21
  • 19. 50:44 Job 41:10
  • 20. 50:45 ch. 51:11, 12, 29; Isa. 14:24
  • 21. 50:45 ch. 51:11, 12, 29; Isa. 14:24
  • 22. 50:45 ch. 49:20
  • 23. 50:46 See ch. 49:21
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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