Jeremiah 50
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The Prophecy concerning Babylon
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Isa 13.1—14.23; 47.1-15. The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chalde´ans by Jeremiah the prophet.
2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Mer´odach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
4In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. 5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place. 7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
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Rev 18.4. Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chalde´ans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. 9For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 10And Chalde´a shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.
11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 12your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord. 15Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrez´zar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount E´phra-im and Gil´e-ad. 20In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21Go up against the land of Meratha´im,#50.21 That is, Of the rebels. even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod:#50.21 That is, Visitation. waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord. 25The Lord hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chalde´ans. 26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. 27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
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Rev 18.6. Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel. 30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord. 31Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
33Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34Their Redeemer is strong; The Lord of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35A sword is upon the Chalde´ans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37A 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. 38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 39#Rev 18.2. Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40#Gen 19.24,25. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomor´rah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chalde´ans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. 46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
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Jeremiah 50
50
Judgment on Babylon
1The word that the Lord spoke concerning #See Isa. 13:1–14:27; 21:1-10 Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, #[ch. 51:59, 60]by Jeremiah the prophet:
2“Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
#
Isa. 21:9 ‘Babylon is taken,
# See Isa. 46:1 Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
#
Isa. 21:9 Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’
3“For #See ch. 1:14 out of the north a nation has come up against her, #ver. 13, 23; ch. 51:29 which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; #ch. 51:62; [Ps. 135:8]both man and beast shall flee away.
4 # See ch. 3:18 “In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, #See ch. 3:18 the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, #ch. 31:9, 18; Ezra 8:21; Ps. 126:6 weeping as they come, and they #Hos. 3:5shall seek the Lord their God. 5#[ch. 31:21] They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, #[Isa. 2:3] saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an #See ch. 32:40everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’
6 # ver. 17; Isa. 53:6; [Matt. 18:12; Luke 15:4] “My people have been lost sheep. #Zech. 10:2; See Ezek. 34:1-6Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. 7All who found them have devoured them, #[ch. 40:2, 3] and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for #[ver. 14] they have sinned against the Lord, #ch. 31:23 their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, #See ch. 14:8the hope of their fathers.’
8 # ch. 51:6, 45; See Isa. 48:20 “Flee from the midst of Babylon, #ch. 51:6, 45; See Isa. 48:20and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock. 9For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon #See ch. 25:14a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 10#[ch. 25:12]Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord.
11 # [Lam. 4:21] “Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,
12your mother shall be utterly shamed,
and she who bore you shall be disgraced.
Behold, she shall be the last of the nations,
# ch. 51:43 a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 # ver. 39 Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited
but shall be an utter desolation;
# See ch. 18:16 everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,
# See ch. 18:16 and hiss because of all her wounds.
14 # ver. 9; ch. 51:11; Isa. 21:2 Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
# ver. 29; [ch. 51:3] all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
# [ver. 7] for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 # [Josh. 6:16] Raise a shout against her all around;
she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
# ch. 51:58 her walls are thrown down.
For #ch. 46:10; 51:6, 11 this is the vengeance of the Lord:
take vengeance on her;
# ver. 29; ch. 51:56 do to her as she has done.
16Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
# ch. 46:16 because of the sword of the oppressor,
# [ch. 51:9]; See Isa. 13:14 every one shall turn to his own people,
and every one shall flee to his own land.
17 # See ver. 6 “Israel is a hunted sheep #ch. 2:15; 4:7; Isa. 5:29 driven away by lions. #2 Kgs. 17:6; 18:13 First the king of Assyria #ch. 51:34 devoured him, and now at last #2 Kgs. 24:10, 14; See 2 Kgs. 25:1-11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon #[ch. 51:34]has gnawed his bones. 18Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, #Isa. 10:12; 24:21; [Ps. 76:12] I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, #Isa. 14:24, 25as I punished the king of Assyria. 19#Ezek. 34:13, 14 I will restore Israel to his pasture, and #Ezek. 34:13, 14 he shall feed on #Mic. 7:14Carmel and in #Mic. 7:14Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in #Mic. 7:14Gilead. 20In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, #[Isa. 40:2] iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for #Isa. 33:24; See ch. 31:34I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
21“Go up against the land of Merathaim,#50:21 Merathaim means double rebellion
and against the inhabitants of Pekod.#50:21 Pekod means punishment
Kill, #ver. 26; [ch. 51:3]and devote them to destruction,#50:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
declares the Lord,
and do all that I have commanded you.
22 # ch. 51:54 The noise of battle is in the land,
and great destruction!
23 #
Isa. 14:6 How the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and broken!
# [Rev. 18:19, 21] How Babylon #ver. 3, 13has become
a horror among the nations!
24 # [Ps. 141:9] I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
and #[ch. 51:31; Dan. 5:30]you did not know it;
you were found and caught,
because you opposed the Lord.
25The Lord has opened his armory
and brought out #Isa. 13:5the weapons of his wrath,
for the Lord God of hosts has a work to do
in the land of the Chaldeans.
26Come against her from every quarter;
open her granaries;
# [Neh. 4:2] pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;
let nothing be left of her.
27Kill all #[Ps. 22:12; Isa. 34:7, 8] her bulls;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come,
# ch. 46:21 the time of their punishment.
28“A voice! They #[ver. 8] flee and escape from the land of Babylon, #ch. 51:10; Ps. 64:9 to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for #[ch. 51:11; 52:13; Dan. 5:3, 23]his temple.
29 # [ver. 14; Job 16:13] “Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. #[ver. 14; Job 16:13] Encamp around her; let no one escape. #ch. 25:14 Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has #Isa. 47:10proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 30#ch. 49:26Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.
31“Behold, I am against you, O #[See ver. 29 above] proud one,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
# ver. 27; ch. 49:8 for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
32 # [See ver. 29 above] The proud one shall stumble and fall,
with none to raise him up,
# See ch. 17:27 and I will kindle a fire in his cities,
and it will devour all that is around him.
33“Thus says the Lord of hosts: #[ver. 17] The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; #[Isa. 14:17]they refuse to let them go. 34#See Isa. 43:14 Their Redeemer is strong; #See ch. 10:16 the Lord of hosts is his name. #ch. 51:36; Isa. 51:22He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35“A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against #ch. 51:57; Dan. 5:30 her officials and her #Dan. 4:6wise men!
36A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her #ch. 51:57warriors,
that they may be destroyed!
37A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
and against all #See ch. 25:20 the foreign troops in her midst,
that #ch. 51:30 they may become women!
# [Isa. 45:3] A sword against all her treasures,
that they may be plundered!
38 #
Isa. 44:27; [ch. 51:36] A drought against her waters,
that they may be dried up!
# ver. 2; ch. 51:47, 52 For it is a land of images,
and they are mad over idols.
39 #
Isa. 13:21, 22 “Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,#50:39 Hebrew lacks in Babylon and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations. 40#Gen. 19:25; See Isa. 13:19 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, #ch. 51:43so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
41 # For ver. 41-43, see ch. 6:22-24 “Behold, a people comes from the north;
a mighty nation and many kings
are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
42They lay hold of bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
against you, O daughter of Babylon!
43“The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.
44 # For ver. 44-46, see ch. 49:19-21 “Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd #Job 41:10can stand before me? 45Therefore hear #ch. 51:11, 12, 29; Isa. 14:24 the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, #ch. 51:11, 12, 29; Isa. 14:24 and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: #ch. 49:20Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 46#See ch. 49:21At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.”
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