Focused Passage

Jeremiah 50:11-13

Babylon Judged: The Fall of the Hammer and the Return of the LORD’s Flock

The chapter moves from Babylon’s announced capture and the shame of its gods, to the return of Israel and Judah, to the exposure of Israel as scattered sheep, to Babylon’s punishment as the last devourer, to the LORD’s attack on Babylon’s pride, idols, and warriors, and finally to the collapse of Babylon as a world-shaking judgment.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

11 “Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

12 your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

13 Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.

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Verse 11

Cross-references

Lamentations 1:21 Classic cross-references Micah 7:8 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 31:20 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 34:16 Classic cross-references Hosea 10:11 Classic cross-references

Original words

Because כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction you rejoice תִשְׂמְחִי H8055 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural because כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction you sing in triumph תַעֲלְזִי H5937 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural you who plunder שֹׁסֵ֖י H8154 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct My inheritance נַחֲלָתִ֑י H5159 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular because כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction you frolic תָפוּשִׁי H6335 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural like a heifer כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה H5697 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular treading grain דָשָׁ֔ה H1758 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular and neigh וְתִצְהֲלִי H6670 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural like stallions כָּאֲבִּרִֽים׃ H47 Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine plural

Verse 12

Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:43 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:26 Classic cross-references

Original words

your mother אִמְּכֶם֙ H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural will be greatly מְאֹ֔ד H3966 Adverb ashamed בּ֤וֹשָׁה H954 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular she who bore you יֽוֹלַדְתְּכֶ֑ם H3205 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural will be disgraced חָפְרָ֖ה H2659 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Behold הִנֵּה֙ H2009 Interjection [she will be] the least אַחֲרִ֣ית H319 Noun - feminine singular construct of the nations גּוֹיִ֔ם H1471 Noun - masculine plural a wilderness מִדְבָּ֖ר H4057 Noun - masculine singular a dry land צִיָּ֥ה H6723 Noun - feminine singular and a desert וַעֲרָבָֽה׃ H6160 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Jeremiah 18:16 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:17 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:62 Classic cross-references Habakkuk 2:6 Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:20 Classic cross-references

Original words

Because of the wrath מִקֶּ֤צֶף H7110 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular she will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be inhabited תֵשֵׁ֔ב H3427 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular she will become וְהָיְתָ֥ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular completely כֻּלָּ֑הּ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular desolate שְׁמָמָ֖ה H8077 Noun - feminine singular All כֹּ֚ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular who pass עֹבֵ֣ר H5674 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular through עַל־ H5921 Preposition Babylon בָּבֶ֔ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular will be horrified יִשֹּׁ֥ם H8074 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and will hiss וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק H8319 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular at עַל־ H5921 Preposition all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct her wounds מַכּוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ H4347 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular

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