Jeremiah 50:30

50:30 So her young men will fall in her city squares.

All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time,”

says the Lord. ¹ 

Jeremiah 49:26

49:26 For her young men will fall in her city squares.

All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time,”

says the Lord who rules over all. ² 

Jeremiah 51:47

51:47 “So the time will certainly come ³ 

when I will punish the idols of Babylon.

Her whole land will be put to shame.

All her mortally wounded will collapse in her midst. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 6:15

6:15 Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things?

No, they are not at all ashamed.

They do not even know how to blush!

So they will die, just like others have died. ⁵ 

They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,”

says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12

8:12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things?

No, they are not at all ashamed!

They do not even know how to blush!

So they will die just like others have died. ⁶ 

They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,

says the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:12

44:12 I will see to it that all the Judean remnant that was determined to go ⁷  and live in the land of Egypt will be destroyed. Here in the land of Egypt they will fall in battle ⁸  or perish from starvation. People of every class ⁹  will die in war or from starvation. They will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. ¹⁰ 

[50:30]  ¹ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[49:26]  ² tn Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of armies.” For this title for God see the study note on 2:19.

[51:47]  ³ tn Heb “That being so, look, days are approaching.” לָכֵן (lakhen) often introduces the effect of an action. That may be the case here, the turmoil outlined in v. 46 serving as the catalyst for the culminating divine judgment described in v. 47. Another possibility is that לָכֵן here has an asseverative force (“certainly”), as in Isa 26:14 and perhaps Jer 5:2 (see the note there). In this case the word almost has the force of “for, since,” because it presents a cause for an accompanying effect. See Judg 8:7 and the discussion of Isa 26:14 in BDB 486-87 s.v. כֵּן 3.d.

[51:47]  ⁴ tn Or “all her slain will fall in her midst.” In other words, her people will be overtaken by judgment and be unable to escape. The dead will lie in heaps in the very heart of the city and land.

[6:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “They will fall among the fallen.”

[8:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “They will fall among the fallen.”

[44:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “they set their face to go.” Compare 44:11 and 42:14 and see the translator’s note at 42:15.

[44:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “fall by the sword.”

[44:12]  ⁸ tn Or “All of them without distinction,” or “All of them from the least important to the most important”; Heb “From the least to the greatest.” See the translator’s note on 42:1 for the meaning of this idiom.

[44:12]  ⁹ tn See the study note on 24:9 and the usage in 29:22 for the meaning and significance of this last phrase.