Declare among the nations, and proclaim;Raise a standard, proclaim;Hide nothing! Say:Babylon is captured,BelaBel A name of the city god of Babylon. is shamed,MerodachbMerodach Another name of the city god of Babylon. is dismayed.Her idols are shamed,Her fetishes dismayed.
In those days and at that time—declares GOD—the people of Israel together with the people of Judah shall come, and they shall weep as they go to seek the ETERNAL their God.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בימים
102
ההמה
55
ובעת
478
ההיא
21
נאםיהוה
117
יבאו
19
בניישראל
603
המה
50
ובנייהודה
98
יחדו
28
הלוך
61
ובכו
34
ילכו
66
ואתיהוה
433
אלהיהם
91
יבקשו
418
Jeremiah 50:5
Gematria: 2653
ציוןישאלודרךהנהפניהםבאוונלוואליהוהבריתעולםלאתשכח
They shall inquire for Zion; in that direction their faces shall turn; they shall comecthey shall come Heb. “come!” (in the plural). and attach themselves to GOD by a covenant for all time, which shall never be forgotten.
My people were lost sheep: their shepherds led them astray, they drove them out to the mountains, they roamed from mount to hill, they forgot their own resting place.
All who encountered them devoured them; and their foes said, “We shall not be held guilty, because they have sinned against GOD, the true Pasture, the Hope of their ancestors—GOD.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלמוצאיהם
242
אכלום
97
וצריהם
351
אמרו
247
לא
31
נאשם
391
תחת
808
אשר
501
חטאו
24
ליהוה
56
נוהצדק
255
ומקוה
157
אבותיהם
464
יהוהס
86
Jeremiah 50:8
Gematria: 2363
נדומתוךבבלומארץכשדיםיצאוצאווהיוכעתודיםלפניצאן
Flee from Babylon,Leave the land of the Chaldeans,And be like he-goats that lead the flock!
For see, I am rousing and leadingAn assemblage of great nations against BabylonFrom the lands of the north.They shall draw up their lines against her,There she shall be captured.Their arrows are like those of a skilled warriorda skilled warrior So many mss., editions, and versions; other mss. and editions read “a warrior who bereaves.” Who does not turn back without hitting the mark.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
הנה
60
אנכי
81
מעיר
320
ומעלה
151
עלבבל
134
קהלגוים
194
גדלים
87
מארץ
331
צפון
226
וערכו
302
לה
35
משם
380
תלכד
454
חציו
114
כגבור
231
משכיל
400
לא
31
ישוב
318
ריקם
350
Jeremiah 50:10
Gematria: 2120
והיתהכשדיםלשללכלשלליהישבעונאםיהוה
Chaldea shall be despoiled,All her spoilers shall be sated—declares GOD.
Because of GOD’s wrath she shall not be inhabited;She shall be utterly desolate.Whoever passes by Babylon will be appalledAnd will hissehiss Cf. note at 18.16. at all her wounds.
Raise a shout against her all about!She has surrendered;fShe has surrendered Lit. “She has given her hand”; meaning of Heb. uncertain. Her bastions have fallen,Her walls are thrown down—This is GOD’s vengeance.Take vengeance on her,Do to her as she has done!
Make an end in Babylon of sowers,And of wielders of the sickle at harvest time.Because of the deadlygdeadly Meaning of Heb. uncertain. sword,Everyone shall turn back to their own people,All shall flee to their own land.
Israel are scattered sheep, harried by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured them, and in the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon crunched their bones.
In those days and at that time—declares GOD—The iniquity of Israel shall be sought,And there shall be none;The sins of Judah,And none shall be found;For I will pardon those I allow to survive.
Advance against her—the land of Merathaimhthe land of Merathaim Meaning of Heb. uncertain.—And against the inhabitants of Pekod;Ruin and destroy after them to the last—says GOD—Do just as I have commanded you.
Word-by-Word Analysis
עלהארץ
396
מרתים
690
עלה
105
עליה
115
ואליושבי
365
פקוד
190
חרב
210
והחרם
259
אחריהם
264
נאםיהוה
117
ועשה
381
ככל
70
אשר
501
צויתיךס
596
Jeremiah 50:22
Gematria: 1103
קולמלחמהבארץושברגדול
Hark! War in the landAnd vast destruction!
Word-by-Word Analysis
קול
136
מלחמה
123
בארץ
293
ושבר
508
גדול
43
Jeremiah 50:23
Gematria: 2342
איךנגדעוישברפטישכלהארץאיךהיתהלשמהבבלבגוים
How the hammer of the whole earthHas been hacked and shattered!How Babylon has becomeAn appallment among the nations!
Come against her from every quarter;ifrom every quarter Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Break open her granaries,Pile her up like heaps of grain,jPile her up like heaps of grain Meaning of Heb. uncertain. And destroy her, let her have no remnant!
Word-by-Word Analysis
באולה
44
מקץ
230
פתחו
494
מאבסיה
118
סלוה
101
כמוערמים
426
והחרימוה
280
אלתהילה
481
שארית
911
Jeremiah 50:27
Gematria: 2289
חרבוכלפריהירדולטבחהויעליהםכיבאיומםעתפקדתםס
Destroy allkDestroy all Emendation yields “A sword against”; cf. vv. 35ff. her bulls,Let them go down to slaughter.Alas for them, their day is come,The hour of their doom!
Hark! fugitives are escapingFrom the land of Babylon,To tell in Zion of the vengeance of the ETERNAL our God,Vengeance for the holylthe holy Lit. “His.” temple.
Summon archers against Babylon,All who draw the bow!Encamp against her round about,Let none of her people escape.Pay her back for her actions,Do to her just what she has done;For she has acted insolently against GOD,The Holy One of Israel.
A sword against its horses and chariots,And against all the motley crowd in its midst,That they become women!A sword against its treasuries, that they be pillaged!
Word-by-Word Analysis
חרב
210
אלסוסיו
173
ואלרכבו
265
ואלכלהערב
364
אשר
501
בתוכה
433
והיו
27
לנשים
430
חרב
210
אלאוצרתיה
743
ובזזו
28
Jeremiah 50:38
Gematria: 1817
חרבאלמימיהויבשוכיארץפסליםהיאובאימיםיתהללו
A droughtmdrought Ḥoreb, play on ḥereb, “sword” in preceding verses. against its waters, that they be dried up!For it is a land of idols;They are besotted by their dread images.ndread images Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Assuredly,Wildcats and hyenasoWildcats and hyenas Meaning of Heb. uncertain. shall dwell [there],And ostriches shall dwell there;It shall never be settled again,Nor inhabited throughout the ages.
They grasp the bow and javelin,They are cruel, they show no mercy;The sound of them is like the roaring sea.They ride upon horses,Accoutered like a man for battle,Against you, O Fair Babylon!
Word-by-Word Analysis
קשת
800
וכידן
90
יחזיקו
141
אכזרי
238
המה
50
ולא
37
ירחמו
264
קולם
176
כים
70
יהמה
60
ועלסוסים
282
ירכבו
238
ערוך
296
כאיש
331
למלחמה
153
עליך
130
בתבבל
436
Jeremiah 50:43
Gematria: 2666
שמעמלךבבלאתשמעםורפוידיוצרההחזיקתהוחילכיולדה
The king of Babylon has heard the report of them,And his hands are weakened;Anguish seizes him,Pangs like a woman in childbirth.
It shall be as when a lion comes out of the jungle of the Jordan against a secure pasture: in a moment I can harry them out of it and appoint over it anyone I choose.pI can harry them out of it and appoint over it anyone I choose See note at 49.19. Then who is like Me? Who can summon Me? Who is the shepherd that can stand up against Me?
Hear, then, the plan that GOD has devised against Babylon, and has purposed against the land of Chaldea:Surely the shepherd boysShall drag them away;Surely the pasture shall beAghast because of them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לכן
100
שמעו
416
עצתיהוה
586
אשר
501
יעץ
170
אלבבל
65
ומחשבותיו
778
אשר
501
חשב
310
אלארץ
322
כשדים
374
אםלא
72
יסחבום
126
צעירי
380
הצאן
146
אםלא
72
ישים
360
עליהם
155
נוה
61
Jeremiah 50:46
Gematria: 2735
מקולנתפשהבבלנרעשההארץוזעקהבגויםנשמעס
At the sound of Babylon’s captureThe earth quakes,And an outcry is heard among the nations.