Focused Passage

Jeremiah 50:35-38

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

35A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.

36A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

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Verse 35

Cross-references

Isaiah 45:1Classic cross-references Jeremiah 47:6Classic cross-references Zechariah 11:17Classic cross-references Daniel 5:1Classic cross-references Daniel 5:30Classic cross-references

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A swordחֶ֥רֶבH2719Noun - feminine singular[is] againstעַל־H5921Prepositionthe Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֖יםH3778Noun - proper - masculine pluraldeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularagainstוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthose who liveיֹשְׁבֵ֣יH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructin Babylonבָבֶ֔לH894Noun - proper - feminine singularand againstוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionher officialsשָׂרֶ֖יהָH8269Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularandוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionwise menחֲכָמֶֽיהָ׃H2450Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular

Verse 36

Cross-references

Isaiah 44:25Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:30Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:22Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:30Classic cross-references Nahum 3:13Classic cross-references

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A swordחֶ֥רֶבH2719Noun - feminine singular[is] againstאֶל־H413Prepositionher false prophetsהַבַּדִּ֖יםH907Article | Noun - masculine pluraland they will become foolsוְנֹאָ֑לוּH2973Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralA swordחֶ֥רֶבH2719Noun - feminine singularis againstאֶל־H413Prepositionher warriorsגִּבּוֹרֶ֖יהָH1368Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularand they will be filled with terrorוָחָֽתּוּ׃H2865Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural

Verse 37

Cross-references

Isaiah 45:3Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:30Classic cross-references Nahum 3:13Classic cross-references Isaiah 19:16Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:20Classic cross-references

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A swordחֶ֜רֶבH2719Noun - feminine singularis againstאֶל־H413Prepositionher horsesסוּסָ֣יוH5483Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularandוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionchariotsרִכְבּ֗וֹH7393Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand againstוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe foreignersהָעֶ֛רֶבH6154Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativein her midstבְּתוֹכָ֖הּH8432Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularand they will becomeוְהָי֣וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plurallike womenלְנָשִׁ֑יםH802Preposition-l | Noun - feminine pluralA swordחֶ֥רֶבH2719Noun - feminine singularis againstאֶל־H413Prepositionher treasuriesאוֹצְרֹתֶ֖יהָH214Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularand they will be plunderedוּבֻזָּֽזוּ׃H962Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural

Verse 38

Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:36Classic cross-references Isaiah 44:27Classic cross-references Jeremiah 50:2Classic cross-references Revelation 16:12Classic cross-references Ezekiel 23:5Classic cross-references

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A droughtחֹ֥רֶבH2721Noun - masculine singular[is] uponאֶל־H413Prepositionher watersמֵימֶ֖יהָH4325Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularand they will be dried upוְיָבֵ֑שׁוּH3001Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralForכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionitהִ֔יאH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularis a landאֶ֤רֶץH776Noun - feminine singular constructof graven imagesפְּסִלִים֙H6456Noun - masculine pluraland [the people] go madיִתְהֹלָֽלוּ׃H1984Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralover idolsוּבָאֵימִ֖יםH367Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural

BSB notes

Or go mad with fear

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