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Jeremiah 50:32-42

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32 1The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, 2and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is around him.
33 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 3The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; 4they refuse to let them go.
34 5Their Redeemer is strong; 6the LORD of hosts is his name. 7He 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 8her officials and her 9wise men!
36 A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her 10warriors, that they may be destroyed!
37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all 11the foreign troops in her midst, that 12they may become women! 13A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered!
38 14A drought against her waters, that they may be dried up! 15For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols.
39 16"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 17As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the LORD, 18so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
41 19"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!
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Jeremiah 50:32-42 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 19

  • 1. [See ver. 29 above]
  • 2. See Jeremiah 17:27
  • 3. [ver. 17]
  • 4. [Isaiah 14:17]
  • 5. See Isaiah 43:14
  • 6. See Jeremiah 10:16
  • 7. Jeremiah 51:36; Isaiah 51:22
  • 8. Jeremiah 51:57; Daniel 5:30
  • 9. Daniel 4:6
  • 10. Jeremiah 51:57
  • 11. See Jeremiah 25:20
  • 12. Jeremiah 51:30
  • 13. [Isaiah 45:3]
  • 14. Isaiah 44:27; [Jeremiah 51:36]
  • 15. ver. 2; Jeremiah 51:47, 52
  • 16. Isaiah 13:21, 22
  • 17. Genesis 19:25; See Isaiah 13:19
  • 18. Jeremiah 51:43
  • 19. For ver. 41-43, see Jeremiah 6:22-24
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