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Jeremiah 50:12-22

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12 your mother shall be utterly shamed, and she who bore you shall be disgraced. Behold, she shall be the last of the nations, 1a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 2Because of the wrath of the LORD she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; 3everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, 4and hiss because of all her wounds.
14 5Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, 6all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, 7for she has sinned against the LORD.
15 8Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; 9her walls are thrown down. For 10this is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; 11do to her as she has done.
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; 12because of the sword of the oppressor, 13every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
17 14"Israel is a hunted sheep 15driven away by lions. 16First the king of Assyria 17devoured him, and now at last 18Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 19has gnawed his bones.
18 Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, 20I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, 21as I punished the king of Assyria.
19 22I will restore Israel to his pasture, and 23he shall feed on 24Carmel and in 25Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in 26Gilead.
20 In those days and in that time, declares the LORD, 27iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for 28I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
21 "Go up against the land of Merathaim,[a] and against the inhabitants of Pekod.[b] Kill, 29and devote them to destruction,[c] declares the LORD, and do all that I have commanded you.
22 30The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
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Jeremiah 50:12-22 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

Cross References 30

  • 1. Jeremiah 51:43
  • 2. ver. 39
  • 3. See Jeremiah 18:16
  • 4. See Jeremiah 18:16
  • 5. ver. 9; Jeremiah 51:11; Isaiah 21:2
  • 6. ver. 29; [Jeremiah 51:3]
  • 7. [ver. 7]
  • 8. [Joshua 6:16]
  • 9. Jeremiah 51:58
  • 10. Jeremiah 46:10; Jeremiah 51:6, 11
  • 11. ver. 29; Jeremiah 51:56
  • 12. Jeremiah 46:16
  • 13. [Jeremiah 51:9]; See Isaiah 13:14
  • 14. See ver. 6
  • 15. Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 4:7; Isaiah 5:29
  • 16. 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:13
  • 17. Jeremiah 51:34
  • 18. 2 Kings 24:10, 14; See 2 Kings 25:1-11
  • 19. [Jeremiah 51:34]
  • 20. Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 24:21; [Psalms 76:12]
  • 21. Isaiah 14:24, 25
  • 22. Ezekiel 34:13, 14
  • 23. Ezekiel 34:13, 14
  • 24. Micah 7:14
  • 25. Micah 7:14
  • 26. Micah 7:14
  • 27. [Isaiah 40:2]
  • 28. Isaiah 33:24; See Jeremiah 31:34
  • 29. ver. 26; [Jeremiah 51:3]
  • 30. Jeremiah 51:54

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Merathaim means double rebellion
  • [b]. Pekod means punishment
  • [c]. That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
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