Jeremiah 50:1
in Jeremiah 50This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The word that Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
KJV
The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe Word that the Lord Spake Against Babylon - This is also a new head of discourse. The prophecy contained in this and the following chapter was sent to the captives in Babylon in the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah. They are very important; they predict the total destruction of the Babylonish empire, and the return of the Jews from their captivity. These chapters were probably composed, with several additions, out of the book that was then sent by Jeremiah to the captives by the hand of Seraiah. See Jer 51:59-64.
This site's exposition
concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans
on Jeremiah 50:1-3
“Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered,” as Isaiah 46:1 also names Bel and Nebo. Verse 3 names “a nation from the north,” the direction from which Babylon came against Judah in 1:14 and 4:6. The land is left so empty that “both man and beast will flee.”
The record, by era
The Reformation1 voice
We now perceive the design of this prophecy. The word of Jehovah, he says, which he spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the Prophet He testifies in his usual manner that he did not bring forward what he himself had invented, but that God was the author of this prophecy.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The word that the Lord spake against Babylon,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But as the time of fulfilment drew nearer, the prophecies are now proportionally more distinct than then.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַדָּבָ֗ר | hadavar | the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֧ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּבֶ֖ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים | kasdim | [the] Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| בְּיַ֖ד | beyad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| הַנָּבִֽיא׃ | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
הַדָּבָ֗רthe word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֧רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־concerning
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בָּבֶ֖לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
אֶל־concerning
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים[the] Chaldeans
kasdimH3778 →80 times
בְּיַ֖דby [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
יִרְמְיָ֥הוּJeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
הַנָּבִֽיא׃the prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 23:13Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to…
it leads to
- Habakkuk 1:6
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
- Ezekiel 26:7–21
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company…
- Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Job 1:17
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped…
- Ezekiel 29:18
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from…
- Habakkuk 1:6
About Jeremiah
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonLate monarchy / ExileJeremiahPriest of Anathoth called before birth to uproot and to plant; the weeping prophet of Jerusalem's fall who bought a field in the s…
- PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).