Jeremiah 50:30

30 So her young men will be killed in her streets. All her soldiers will die on that day," says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:30 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets
Or "surely" ^F6; it is the form of an oath, according to Jarchi Cyrus, when he took Babylon, ordered proclamation to be made that the inhabitants should keep within doors; and that whoever were found in the streets should be put to death ^F7, as doubtless many were: and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord;
as Belshazzar and his guards were ^F8; see ( Daniel 5:30 ) ; compare with this ( Revelation 19:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (Nkl) "certe".
F7 Cyropaedia, l. 7. c. 23.
F8 Ibid.

Jeremiah 50:30 In-Context

28 Listen to the people running to escape the country of Babylon! how the Lord our God is punishing Babylon as it deserves for destroying his Temple.

29 "Call for the archers to come against Babylon. Tell them to surround the city, and let no one escape. Pay her back for what she has done; do to her what she has done to other nations. Babylon acted with pride against the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

30 So her young men will be killed in her streets. All her soldiers will die on that day," says the Lord.

31 "Babylon, you are too proud, and I am against you," says the Lord God All-Powerful. "The time has come for you to be punished.

32 Proud Babylon will stumble and fall, and no one will help her get up. I will start a fire in her towns, and it will burn up everything around her."