Focused Passage

Jeremiah 50:44-46

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

44 Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

45 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

46 At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

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Verse 44

Cross-references

Jeremiah 12:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 30:21 Classic cross-references Zechariah 11:3 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:19 Classic cross-references Exodus 15:11 Classic cross-references

Original words

Behold הִ֠נֵּה H2009 Interjection one will come up יַעֲלֶ֨ה H5927 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular like a lion כְּאַרְיֵ֞ה H738 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular from the thickets מִגְּא֣וֹן H1347 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of the Jordan הַיַּרְדֵּן֮ H3383 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the watered pasture נְוֵ֣ה H5116 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . אֵיתָן֒ H386 Adjective - masculine singular For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction in an instant אַרְגִּ֤עָה H7280 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular I will chase [Babylon] אֲרוּצֵם H7323 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural from her land מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ H5921 Preposition-m | third person feminine singular Who וּמִ֥י H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative is the chosen one בָח֖וּר H977 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular I will appoint אֶפְקֹ֑ד H6485 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular for this אֵלֶ֣יהָ H413 Preposition | third person feminine singular For כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction who מִ֤י H4310 Interrogative is like Me כָמ֙וֹנִי֙ H3644 Preposition | first person common singular and who וּמִ֣י H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative can challenge Me יוֹעִדֶ֔נִּי H3259 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular What וּמִֽי־ H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative . . . זֶ֣ה H2088 Pronoun - masculine singular shepherd רֹעֶ֔ה H7462 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative can stand יַעֲמֹ֖ד H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular against Me לְפָנָֽי׃ H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Verse 45

Cross-references

Jeremiah 49:20 Classic cross-references Isaiah 46:11 Classic cross-references Judges 6:15 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:11 Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:20 Classic cross-references

Original words

Therefore לָכֵ֞ן H3651 Adverb hear שִׁמְע֣וּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the plans עֲצַת־ H6098 Noun - feminine singular construct that אֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has drawn up יָעַץ֙ H3289 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular against אֶל־ H413 Preposition Babylon בָּבֶ֔ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular and the strategies וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יו H4284 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative He has devised חָשַׁ֖ב H2803 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular against אֶל־ H413 Preposition the land אֶ֣רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct of the Chaldeans כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים H3778 Noun - proper - masculine plural Surely אִם־ H518 Conjunction . . . לֹ֤א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle the little ones צְעִירֵ֣י H6810 Adjective - masculine plural construct of the flock הַצֹּ֔אן H6629 Article | Noun - common singular will be dragged away יִסְחָבוּם֙ H5498 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural certainly אִם־ H518 Conjunction . . . לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle their pasture נָוֶֽה׃ H5116 Noun - masculine singular will be made desolate יַשִּׁ֛ים H8074 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular because of them עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם H5921 Preposition | third person masculine plural

Verse 46

Cross-references

Jeremiah 49:21 Classic cross-references Psalms 99:1 Classic cross-references Revelation 18:9 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 26:18 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 31:16 Classic cross-references

Original words

At the sound מִקּוֹל֙ H6963 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular of Babylon’s בָבֶ֔ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular capture נִתְפְּשָׂ֣ה H8610 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular the earth הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular will quake נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה H7493 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular a cry וּזְעָקָ֖ה H2201 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular will be heard נִשְׁמָֽע׃ס H8085 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular among the nations בַּגּוֹיִ֥ם H1471 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural

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