Jeremiah 50:30

30 You can be sure its young men will fall dead in the streets. All of its soldiers will be put to death at that time," announces 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 those who have escaped. Listen to those who have returned from Babylonia. They are announcing in Zion how I have paid Babylonia back. I have paid it back for destroying my temple.

29 "Send for men who are armed with bows and arrows. Send them against Babylon. Set up camp all around it. Do not let anyone escape. Pay it back for what its people have done. Do to them what they have done to others. They have dared to disobey me. I am the Holy One of Israel.

30 You can be sure its young men will fall dead in the streets. All of its soldiers will be put to death at that time," announces the Lord.

31 "Proud Babylonians, I am against you," announces the Lord. The LORD who rules over all says, "Your day to be judged has come. It is time for you to be punished.

32 You proud people will trip and fall. No one will help you up. I will start a fire in your towns. It will burn up everyone who is around you."