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Jeremiah 50:9-19

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9 "For behold, I am going to 1arouse 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 "2Chaldea 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 3pillage My heritage, Because you skip about like a threshing 4heifer And neigh like stallions,
12 Your 5mother will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, A 6wilderness, a parched land and a desert.
13 "Because of the indignation of the LORD she will 7not be inhabited, But she will be 8completely desolate; Everyone who passes by Babylon 9will 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 10sinned against the LORD.
15 "Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has 11given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her 12walls have been torn down. For this is the 13vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; 14As she has done to others, so do to her.
16 "Cut off the 15sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the 16sword of the oppressor 17They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land.
17 "Israel is a 18scattered flock, the 19lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the 20king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is 21Nebuchadnezzar 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 22punished the king of Assyria.
19 'And I will 23bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the 24hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
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Jeremiah 50:9-19 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. Jeremiah 51:1
  • 2. Jeremiah 51:24, 35; Ezekiel 11:24
  • 3. Jeremiah 12:14
  • 4. Jeremiah 46:20
  • 5. Jeremiah 15:9
  • 6. Jeremiah 22:6; Jeremiah 51:43
  • 7. Jeremiah 34:22
  • 8. Jeremiah 51:26
  • 9. Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 49:17
  • 10. Habakkuk 2:8, 17
  • 11. 1 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Lamentations 5:6
  • 12. Jeremiah 50:44; Jeremiah 51:58
  • 13. Jeremiah 46:10
  • 14. Psalms 137:8; Revelation 18:6
  • 15. Joel 1:11
  • 16. Jeremiah 25:38; Jeremiah 46:16
  • 17. Isaiah 13:14
  • 18. Joel 3:2
  • 19. Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 4:7
  • 20. 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:9-13
  • 21. 2 Kin 24:1, 10-12; 2 Kings 25:1-7
  • 22. Isaiah 10:12; Ezek 31:3, 11, 12; Nah 3:7, 18, 19
  • 23. Isaiah 65:10; Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 33:12; Ezekiel 34:13
  • 24. Jeremiah 31:6

Footnotes 11

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