Jeremiah 50:45

45 Therefore hear the ¹plan of the LORD which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: ²surely * they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely * He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

Jeremiah 50:45 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:45

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken
against Babylon
The same is said in ( Jeremiah 49:20 ) ; only, instead of Edom, Babylon is here put, and in the next clause: and his purposes that he hath purposed against the land of the
Chaldeans;
instead of the inhabitants of Teman, the land of the Chaldeans: surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
the weakest and most feeble in the army of Cyrus should be more than a match for any in Babylon, and should draw them out, and devour them, as dogs and wolves the sheep out of the flock: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them;
(See Gill on Jeremiah 49:20).

Jeremiah 50:45 In-Context

43 "The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands hang limp; Distress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in childbirth.

44 "Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand before Me?"

45 Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

46 At the shout, "Babylon has been seized!" the earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 33:11; Isaiah 14:24; Jeremiah 51:10, 11
• 2. Jeremiah 49:20

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "habitation"