Jeremiah 50:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 50:9

7 All who found them have ^adevoured them;
And ^btheir adversaries said, ^c‘We have not offended,
Because they have sinned against the Lord, ^dthe habitation of justice,
The Lord, ^ethe hope of their fathers.’

8 “Move^a from the midst of Babylon,
Go out of the land of the Chaldeans;
And be like the¹ rams before the flocks.

9 ^aFor behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of¹ an expert warrior;
^bNone shall return in vain.

10 And Chaldea shall become plunder;
^aAll who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.

11 “Because^a you were glad, because you rejoiced,
You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat ^blike a heifer threshing grain,
And you¹ bellow like bulls,

12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed;
She who bore you shall be ashamed.
Behold, the least of the nations shall be a ^awilderness,
A dry land and a desert.

13 Because of the wrath of the Lord
She shall not be inhabited,
^aBut she shall be wholly desolate.
^bEveryone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified
And hiss at all her plagues.

14 “Put^a yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
All you who bend the bow;
Shoot at her, spare no arrows,
For she has sinned against the Lord.

15 Shout against her all around;
She has ^agiven her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
^bHer walls are thrown down;
For ^cit is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.

16 Cut off the sower from Babylon,
And him who handles the sickle at harvest time.
For fear of the oppressing sword
^aEveryone shall turn to his own people,
And everyone shall flee to his own land.

17 “Israel is like ^ascattered sheep;
^bThe lions have driven him away.
First ^cthe king of Assyria devoured him;
Now at last this ^dNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”

18 Therefore thus says 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 ^aAssyria.

19 ^aBut I will bring back Israel to his home,
And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan;
His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

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Definitions of words in Jeremiah 50:9:

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Array {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Assembly {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Cause {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Come {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Nations {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Raise {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Vain {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Arrows {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Jeremiah 50:9:

Exile {Easton's}

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