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Text -- Jeremiah 50:19-46 (NET)
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50:19 But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture . They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan . They will eat until they are full on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead .
50:20 When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel . No sin will be found in Judah . For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive . I, the Lord , affirm it!’”
50:21 The Lord says , “Attack the land of Merathaim and the people who live in Pekod ! Pursue, kill , and completely destroy them! Do just as I have commanded you!
50:22 The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction .
50:23 Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that ‘hammer ’ has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations !
50:24 I set a trap for you, Babylon ; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured .
50:25 I have opened up the place where my weapons are stored . I have brought out the weapons for carrying out my wrath . For I , the Lord God who rules over all , have work to carry out in the land of Babylonia .
50:26 Come from far away and attack Babylonia! Open up the places where she stores her grain ! Pile her up in ruins ! Destroy her completely! Do not leave anyone alive !
50:27 Kill all her soldiers ! Let them be slaughtered ! They are doomed , for their day of reckoning has come , the time for them to be punished .”
50:28 Listen ! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon . They are coming to Zion to declare there how the Lord our God is getting revenge , getting revenge for what they have done to his temple .
50:29 “Call for archers to come against Babylon ! Summon against her all who draw the bow ! Set up camp all around the city! Do not allow anyone to escape ! Pay her back for what she has done . Do to her what she has done to others. For she has proudly defied me, the Holy One of Israel .
50:30 So her young men will fall in her city squares . All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time ,” says the Lord .
50:31 “Listen ! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” says the Lord God who rules over all . “Indeed , your day of reckoning has come , the time when I will punish you.
50:32 You will stumble and fall , you proud city; no one will help you get up . I will set fire to your towns ; it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”
50:33 The Lord who rules over all says , “The people of Israel are oppressed . So too are the people of Judah . All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free .
50:34 But the one who will rescue them is strong . He is known as the Lord who rules over all . He will strongly champion their cause . As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth , but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia .
50:35 “Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians ,” says the Lord . “They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia , against her leaders and her men of wisdom .
50:36 Destructive forces will come against her false prophets ; they will be shown to be fools ! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers ; they will be filled with terror !
50:37 Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots . Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women ! Destructive forces will come against her treasures ; they will be taken away as plunder !
50:38 A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up . All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols . Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear .
50:39 Therefore desert creatures and jackals will live there. Ostriches will dwell in it too. But no people will ever live there again . No one will dwell there for all time to come.
50:40 I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there . No human being will settle in it,” says the Lord .
50:41 “Look ! An army is about to come from the north . A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth .
50:42 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears . They are cruel and show no mercy . They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses . Lined up in formation like men going into battle , they are coming against you, fair Babylon !
50:43 The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear when he hears news of their coming . Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.
50:44 “A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Babylonians off of their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose . For there is no one like me . There is no one who can call me to account . There is no ruler that can stand up against me.
50:45 So listen to what I, the Lord , have planned against Babylon , what I intend to do to the people who inhabit the land of Babylonia . Their little ones will be dragged off . I will completely destroy their land because of what they have done.
50:46 The people of the earth will quake when they hear Babylon has been captured . Her cries of anguish will be heard by the other nations .”
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NET Notes -> Jer 50:19; Jer 50:19; Jer 50:20; Jer 50:20; Jer 50:20; Jer 50:21; Jer 50:21; Jer 50:21; Jer 50:21; Jer 50:21; Jer 50:21; Jer 50:22; Jer 50:22; Jer 50:23; Jer 50:24; Jer 50:25; Jer 50:25; Jer 50:25; Jer 50:25; Jer 50:25; Jer 50:25; Jer 50:26; Jer 50:26; Jer 50:26; Jer 50:26; Jer 50:27; Jer 50:27; Jer 50:27; Jer 50:27; Jer 50:28; Jer 50:28; Jer 50:29; Jer 50:29; Jer 50:29; Jer 50:30; Jer 50:31; Jer 50:31; Jer 50:31; Jer 50:31; Jer 50:31; Jer 50:32; Jer 50:33; Jer 50:33; Jer 50:34; Jer 50:34; Jer 50:34; Jer 50:34; Jer 50:34; Jer 50:34; Jer 50:35; Jer 50:35; Jer 50:35; Jer 50:36; Jer 50:36; Jer 50:36; Jer 50:37; Jer 50:37; Jer 50:37; Jer 50:38; Jer 50:38; Jer 50:38; Jer 50:38; Jer 50:39; Jer 50:39; Jer 50:39; Jer 50:40; Jer 50:40; Jer 50:40; Jer 50:41; Jer 50:42; Jer 50:43; Jer 50:43; Jer 50:43; Jer 50:45; Jer 50:45; Jer 50:46; Jer 50:46
NET Notes: Jer 50:19 The metaphor of Israel as a flock of sheep (v. 17) is continued here. The places named were all in Northern Israel and in the Transjordan, lands that ...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:20 Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” In this case it is necessary to place this in the first person because this is already in a quote whose speaker ...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:22 The verbs in vv. 22-25 are all descriptive of the present, but all of this is really to take place in the future. Hebrew poetry has a way of rendering...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:23 Heb “How broken and shattered is the hammer of all the earth!” The “hammer” is a metaphor for Babylon who was God’s war ...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:24 Heb “You were found [or found out] and captured because you fought against the Lord.” The same causal connection is maintained by the orde...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:25 The verbs in vv. 22-25 are all descriptive of the present but, all of this is really to take place in the future. Hebrew poetry has a way of rendering...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:26 Heb “Do not let there be to her a remnant.” According to BDB 984 s.v. שְׁאֵרִית this...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:27 The words “of reckoning” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Jer 50:28 This verse appears to be a parenthetical exclamation of the prophet in the midst of his report of what the Lord said through him. He throws himself in...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:29 The Holy One of Israel is a common title for the Lord in the book of Isaiah. It is applied to the Lord only here and in 51:5 in the book of Jeremiah. ...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:32 Heb “And the proud one will fall and there will be no one to help him up. I will start a fire in his towns and it will consume all that surround...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:33 Heb “Oppressed are the people of Israel and the people of Judah together,” i.e., both the people of Israel and Judah are oppressed. Howeve...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:34 This translation again reflects the problem often encountered in these prophecies where the Lord appears to be speaking but refers to himself in the t...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:36 The verb here (חָתַת, khatat) could also be rendered “be destroyed” (cf. BDB 369 s.v. חָת&...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:37 Heb “A sword against his horses and his chariots and against all the mixed company [or mixed multitude] in her midst and they will become like w...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:38 Heb “by the terrors.” However, as HALOT 40 s.v. אֵימָה indicates these are “images that cause te...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:39 Heb “It will never again be inhabited nor dwelt in unto generation and generation.” For the meaning of this last phrase compare the usage ...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:41 A mighty nation and many kings is an allusion to the Medo-Persian empire and the vassal kings who provided forces for the Medo-Persian armies.
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NET Notes: Jer 50:42 Heb “daughter Babylon.” The word “daughter” is a personification of the city of Babylon and its inhabitants.
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NET Notes: Jer 50:43 Compare Jer 6:22-24 where almost the same exact words as 50:41-43 are applied to the people of Judah. The repetition of prophecies here and in the fol...
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NET Notes: Jer 50:45 The verbs in vv. 22-25 are all descriptive of the present, but all of this is really to take place in the future. Hebrew poetry has a way of rendering...
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