Jeremiah 50:30

30 This is why her young men will fall in her open places, why all her warriors will be silenced on that day," says ADONAI.

Jeremiah 50:30 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets
Or "surely" ^F6; it is the form of an oath, according to Jarchi Cyrus, when he took Babylon, ordered proclamation to be made that the inhabitants should keep within doors; and that whoever were found in the streets should be put to death ^F7, as doubtless many were: and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord;
as Belshazzar and his guards were ^F8; see ( Daniel 5:30 ) ; compare with this ( Revelation 19:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (Nkl) "certe".
F7 Cyropaedia, l. 7. c. 23.
F8 Ibid.

Jeremiah 50:30 In-Context

28 Hear the sound of the fugitives, of those escaping from Bavel, coming to proclaim in Tziyon the vengeance of ADONAI our God, vengeance over his temple.

29 "Call up archers against Bavel, all whose bows are strung. Besiege her from every side, let no one escape. Repay her for her deeds; as she has done, do to her. For she insulted ADONAI, the Holy One of Isra'el.

30 This is why her young men will fall in her open places, why all her warriors will be silenced on that day," says ADONAI.

31 "I am against you, arrogant [nation]," says Adonai ELOHEI-Tzva'ot. "For your day has come, the time for you to be punished.

32 The arrogant [nation] will stumble and fall, and no one will lift him up again. I will set his cities on fire, and it will devour everything around him."