Focused Passage

Jeremiah 50:17-20

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

17 Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

18 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

19 I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

20 In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

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Verse 17

Cross-references

Isaiah 49:25 Classic cross-references Isaiah 42:22 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:34 Classic cross-references Zechariah 2:8 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:64 Classic cross-references

Original words

Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular is a scattered פְזוּרָ֛ה H6340 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular flock שֶׂ֧ה H7716 Noun - masculine singular chased away הִדִּ֑יחוּ H5080 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural by lions אֲרָי֣וֹת H738 Noun - masculine plural The first הָרִאשׁ֤וֹן H7223 Article | Adjective - masculine singular to devour him אֲכָלוֹ֙ H398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular was the king מֶ֣לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Assyria אַשּׁ֔וּר H804 Noun - proper - feminine singular . . . וְזֶ֤ה H2088 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular the last הָאַחֲרוֹן֙ H314 Article | Adjective - masculine singular to crush his bones עִצְּמ֔וֹ H6105 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular was Nebuchadnezzar נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר H5019 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶ֥לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶֽל׃ס H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 18

Cross-references

Isaiah 10:12 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 30:7 Classic cross-references Nahum 1:1 Classic cross-references Nahum 3:18 Classic cross-references

Original words

Therefore לָכֵ֗ן H3651 Adverb this is what כֹּֽה־ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֤ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָאוֹת֙ H6635 Noun - common plural the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . הִנְנִ֥י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular says אָמַ֞ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular I will punish פֹקֵ֛ד H6485 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the king מֶ֥לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶ֖ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular . . . וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and his land אַרְצ֑וֹ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular as כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative I punished פָּקַ֖דְתִּי H6485 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the king מֶ֥לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Assyria אַשּֽׁוּר׃ H804 Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 19

Cross-references

Ezekiel 37:21 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 46:27 Classic cross-references Amos 9:14 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 34:13 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 23:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will return וְשֹׁבַבְתִּ֤י H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition his pasture נָוֵ֔הוּ H5116 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and he will graze וְרָעָ֥ה H7462 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular on Carmel הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל H3760 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular and Bashan וְהַבָּשָׁ֑ן H1316 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular his soul נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular will be satisfied תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע H7646 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular on the hills וּבְהַ֥ר H2022 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of Ephraim אֶפְרַ֛יִם H669 Noun - proper - masculine singular and Gilead וְהַגִּלְעָ֖ד H1568 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 20

Cross-references

Isaiah 43:25 Classic cross-references Micah 7:18 Classic cross-references Micah 7:19 Classic cross-references Isaiah 33:24 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:34 Classic cross-references

Original words

In those הָהֵם֩ H1992 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural days בַּיָּמִ֣ים H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural and at that הַהִ֜יא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular time וּבָעֵ֨ת H6256 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular a search will be made יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ H1245 Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker for Israel’s יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular guilt עֲוֺ֤ן H5771 Noun - common singular construct but there will be none וְאֵינֶ֔נּוּ H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and for Judah’s יְהוּדָ֖ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular sins חַטֹּ֥את H2403 Noun - feminine plural construct but they will not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle be found תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה H4672 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural for כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction I will forgive אֶסְלַ֖ח H5545 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular vvv לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative the remnant I preserve אַשְׁאִֽיר׃ H7604 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular

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