Jeremiah 50:15-25

15 "Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has ¹given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her ²walls have been torn down. For this is the ³vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; ⁴As she has done to others, so do to her.

16 "Cut off the ⁵sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the ⁶sword of the oppressor ⁷They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land.

17 "Israel is a ⁸scattered flock, the ⁹lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the ¹⁰king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is ¹¹Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

18 "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I ¹²punished the king of Assyria.

19 'And I will ¹³bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the ¹⁴hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

20 'In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but ¹⁵there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those ¹⁶whom I leave as a remnant.'

21 "Against the land of Merathaim, go up against it, And against the inhabitants of ¹⁷Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy them," declares the LORD, "And do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 "The ¹⁸noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

23 "How the ¹⁹hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!

24 "I ²⁰set a snare for you and you were also ²¹caught, O Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized Because you have engaged in ²²conflict with the LORD."

25 The LORD has opened His armory And has brought forth the ²³weapons of His indignation, For it is a ²⁴work of the Lord GOD of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans.

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Jeremiah 50:15-25 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 24

1. 1 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Lamentations 5:6
2. Jeremiah 50:44; Jeremiah 51:58
3. Jeremiah 46:10
4. Psalms 137:8; Revelation 18:6
5. Joel 1:11
6. Jeremiah 25:38; Jeremiah 46:16
7. Isaiah 13:14
8. Joel 3:2
9. Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 4:7
10. 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:9-13
11. 2 Kin 24:1, 10-12; 2 Kings 25:1-7
12. Isaiah 10:12; Ezek 31:3, 11, 12; Nah 3:7, 18, 19
13. Isaiah 65:10; Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 33:12; Ezekiel 34:13
14. Jeremiah 31:6
15. Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 31:34; Micah 7:19
16. Isaiah 1:9
17. Ezekiel 23:23
18. Jeremiah 4:19-21; Jeremiah 51:54-56
19. Jeremiah 51:20-24
20. Jeremiah 48:43, 44
21. Jeremiah 51:31; Daniel 5:30, 31
22. Job 9:4; Job 40:2, 9
23. Isaiah 13:5
24. Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 51:12, 25, 55

Footnotes 8

[a]. Lit "her hand"
[b]. Or "the oppressing sword"
[c]. Lit "sheep"
[d]. Lit "soul"
[e]. Or "Double Rebellion"
[f]. Or "Punishment"
[g]. Lit "put under the ban"
[h]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD