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Jeremiah 50:6-16

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6 "My people have become 1lost sheep; 2Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the 3mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their 4resting place.
7 "All who came upon them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, '5We are not guilty, Inasmuch * as they have sinned against the LORD who is the 6habitation of righteousness, Even the LORD, the 7hope of their fathers.'
8 "Wander away from the 8midst of Babylon And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans; Be also like male goats at the head of the flock.
9 "For behold, I am going to 9arouse and bring up against Babylon A horde of great nations from the land of the north, And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed.
10 "10Chaldea will become plunder; All who plunder her will have enough," declares the LORD.
11 "Because you are glad, because you are jubilant, O you who 11pillage My heritage, Because you skip about like a threshing 12heifer And neigh like stallions,
12 Your 13mother will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, A 14wilderness, a parched land and a desert.
13 "Because of the indignation of the LORD she will 15not be inhabited, But she will be 16completely desolate; Everyone who passes by Babylon 17will be horrified And will hiss because of all her wounds.
14 "Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows, For she has 18sinned against the LORD.
15 "Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has 19given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her 20walls have been torn down. For this is the 21vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; 22As she has done to others, so do to her.
16 "Cut off the 23sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the 24sword of the oppressor 25They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land.
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Jeremiah 50:6-16 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 25

  • 1. Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:15, 16; Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:6
  • 2. Jeremiah 23:11-14
  • 3. Jeremiah 13:16; Ezekiel 34:6
  • 4. Jeremiah 33:12; Jeremiah 50:19
  • 5. Jeremiah 2:3; Zechariah 11:5
  • 6. Jeremiah 31:23; Jeremiah 40:2, 3
  • 7. Psalms 22:4; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 17:13
  • 8. Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:6; Revelation 18:4
  • 9. Jeremiah 51:1
  • 10. Jeremiah 51:24, 35; Ezekiel 11:24
  • 11. Jeremiah 12:14
  • 12. Jeremiah 46:20
  • 13. Jeremiah 15:9
  • 14. Jeremiah 22:6; Jeremiah 51:43
  • 15. Jeremiah 34:22
  • 16. Jeremiah 51:26
  • 17. Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 49:17
  • 18. Habakkuk 2:8, 17
  • 19. 1 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Lamentations 5:6
  • 20. Jeremiah 50:44; Jeremiah 51:58
  • 21. Jeremiah 46:10
  • 22. Psalms 137:8; Revelation 18:6
  • 23. Joel 1:11
  • 24. Jeremiah 25:38; Jeremiah 46:16
  • 25. Isaiah 13:14

Footnotes 11

  • [a]. Another reading is "let them go forth"
  • [b]. Or "in front of"
  • [c]. So some mss and versions; M.T. reads "a warrior who makes childless"
  • [d]. Or "the Chaldeans"
  • [e]. Another reading is "in the grass"
  • [f]. Lit "mighty ones"
  • [g]. Or "has become"
  • [h]. Or "has become"
  • [i]. Lit "tread" (in order to string)
  • [j]. Lit "her hand"
  • [k]. Or "the oppressing sword"
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