Jeremiah 50:10
in Jeremiah 50Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Chaldea shall be a prey: all that prey upon her shall be satisfied, saith Jehovah.
KJV
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd Chaldea shall be a spoil,.... The land of the Chaldeans, as the Targum, should become a spoil to the enemy, and be plundered of all its riches and treasures; not only Babylon principally, but the whole country it was the metropolis of: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord; for though spoilers are generally insatiable, yet so great should be the riches found in Babylon and in Chaldea, that they should have enough, and desire no more; see Rev 18:17.
This site's exposition
Chaldea shall be a spoil
on Jeremiah 50:10-20
Chaldea's fall is stated plainly, a spoil for the nations who plundered others, her walls thrown down and her army cut off at harvest time as a reaper cuts a field. Verse 17 folds Israel's whole exile history into one line, a scattered sheep driven first by the lion of Assyria and then broken in the teeth of Nebuchadrezzar's Babylon, the two empires that afflicted the same flock named together. The chapter turns without warning to forgiveness at verse 20, the iniquity of Israel sought for and not found, for I will pardon them whom I reserve, the same full pardon the new covenant of chapter 31 promises tied here to Babylon's own overthrow.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
): Chaldea shall be a spoil to all her destroyers, who shall enrich themselves by plundering her, and, which is strange, all that spoil her shall be satisfied; they shall have so much that even they themselves shall say that they have enough.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Chaldea shall be a spoil - She has been a spoiler, and she shall be spoiled. They had destroyed Judea, God’s heritage; and now God shall cause her to be destroyed.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Or, “Chaldaea shall become a spoil ... for thou wast glad, thou exultedst, ye plunderers of mine heritage.” Because ye are grown fat - Rather, for thou leapedst, skippedst as an animal does when playing. As the heifer at grass - Or, as a heifer threshing. When threshing cattle were allowed to eat their fill Deu 25:4, and so grew playful. Bellow as bulls - Better as in the margin.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיְתָ֥ה | vehayetah | and it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כַשְׂדִּ֖ים | khasdim | Chaldea | H3778 → | 80 times |
| לְשָׁלָ֑ל | leshalal | <into> plunder | H7998 → | 73 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שֹׁלְלֶ֥יהָ | sholeleiha | [those who] plunder it | H7997 → | |
| יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ | yisbau | they will be satisfied | H7646 → | 97 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהָיְתָ֥הand it will become
vehayetahH1961 →3559 times
כַשְׂדִּ֖יםChaldea
khasdimH3778 →80 times
לְשָׁלָ֑ל<into> plunder
leshalalH7998 →73 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
שֹׁלְלֶ֥יהָ[those who] plunder it
sholeleihaH7997 →
יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּthey will be satisfied
yisbauH7646 →97 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 45:3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
it leads to
- Isaiah 48:15
I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
- Isaiah 43:1
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your…
- Exodus 33:17
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
- Exodus 33:12
Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I…
- Ezra 1:2
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at…
- Isaiah 48:15
Through
Revelation 17:16And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
it leads to
- Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- Ezekiel 16:37–44
therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you…
- Leviticus 21:9
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
- Revelation 18:8
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.