Jeremiah 50:35

35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, said the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes and upon her wise men.

Jeremiah 50:35 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:35

A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord
Or, "shall be" ^F11 or, "O sword, [be thou] on the Chaldeans" ^F12; that is, the sword of the Medes and Persians; those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; in the mystic sense, the Christian princes that shall draw the sword against the antichristian states: and upon the inhabitants of Babylon;
the metropolis of Chaldea; the common people in it, as distinguished from those of high rank and degree following: and upon her princes;
Belshazzar and his nobles, who were slain the night Babylon was taken: and upon her wise [men];
prime ministers, politicians, and counsellors of state; neither high birth nor great wisdom can secure from the sword of the enemy, when it has a commission from God, as it had here.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 "Erit", Abarbinel; "irruet", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F12 (Mydvk le brx) "gladie, super Chaldaeos, scil. veni, ades", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 50:35 In-Context

33 Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said: The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah were oppressed together; and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of the hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause that he may give rest to the land and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, said the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes and upon her wise men.

36 A sword is upon the fortune-tellers; and they shall be fools: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be broken.

37 A sword is upon their horses and upon their chariots and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women; a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.