Jeremiah 50:15
in Jeremiah 50Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
KJV
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
8 notes on this verseShout against her round about,.... As soldiers do when they make an assault upon a place, to encourage one another, and dismay the besieged; just as the Israelites did when they surrounded Jericho: she hath given her hand; submitted to the conqueror, and sued for mercy.
This site's exposition
Chaldea will be plundered
on Jeremiah 50:10-20
Verse 17 sums up: “The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” Verse 20 turns to pardon, “for I will forgive the remnant I preserve,” the forgiveness promised in the new covenant of 31:34.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The country that was populous shall be dispeopled, that was enriched with a fertile soil shall become barren. The great city, the head of it, shall be quite ruined. Her foundations have fallen, and therefore her walls are thrown down; for how can the walls stand when divine vengeance is at the door and shakes the very foundations?
) with a triumphant shout, as those that are already sure of victory. Those whom God directs to shoot may do so with shouting, for they are sure not to miss the mark.
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); they have surrendered themselves to the conqueror, have tamely yielded so that now you may take vengeance on her, now you may make reprisals and do unto her as she hath done. They aimed at nothing less than the utter ruin of God's Israel: Israel is a scattered sheep, as before (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Shout - i. e., spoken of the war-cry. So in Isa 42:13, where God is compared to a warrior, it is said He shall shout (the King James Version cry), i. e., raise the war-cry. Site hath given her hand - The sign of submission (compare 1Ch 29:24 margin). Foundations - Or, buttresses. The Septuagint: “battlements.”
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
She had destroyed many, so must she be destroyed (Ps 137:8). So as to spiritual Babylon (Re 18:6). This is right because "it is the vengeance of the Lord"; but this will not justify private revenge in kind (Mt 5:44;
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Shout against her round about - Encompass her with lines and with troops; let none go in with relief, none come out to escape from her ruin.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָרִ֨יעוּ | hariu | shout out | H7321 → | |
| עָלֶ֤יהָ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| סָבִיב֙ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| נָתְנָ֣ה | natenah | it will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יָדָ֔הּ | yadah | hand its | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| נָֽפְלוּ֙ | nafelu | they will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אָשְׁיוֹתֶ֔יהָ | ʾashviyoteiha | towers its | H803 → | |
| נֶהֶרְס֖וּ | nehersu | they will be torn down | H2040 → | 43 times |
| חֽוֹמוֹתֶ֑יהָ | chomoteiha | walls its | H2346 → | 133 times |
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נִקְמַ֨ת | nikmat | [is] [the] vengeance of | H5360 → | 27 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הִיא֙ | hi' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הִנָּ֣קְמוּ | hinakemu | avenge yourself | H5358 → | 35 times |
| בָ֔הּ | vah | on <the> it | ||
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשְׂתָ֖ה | ʾasetah | it has done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עֲשׂוּ־ | ʾasu- | do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָֽהּ׃ | lah | to <the> it |
הָרִ֨יעוּshout out
hariuH7321 →
עָלֶ֤יהָon it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
סָבִיב֙all around
savivH5439 →336 times
נָתְנָ֣הit will give
natenahH5414 →2011 times
יָדָ֔הּhand its
yadahH3027 →1618 times
נָֽפְלוּ֙they will fall
nafeluH5307 →435 times
אָשְׁיוֹתֶ֔יהָtowers its
ʾashviyoteihaH803 →
נֶהֶרְס֖וּthey will be torn down
nehersuH2040 →43 times
חֽוֹמוֹתֶ֑יהָwalls its
chomoteihaH2346 →133 times
כִּי֩for
kiH3588 →4482 times
נִקְמַ֨ת[is] [the] vengeance of
nikmatH5360 →27 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הִיא֙that
hi'H1931 →1879 times
הִנָּ֣קְמוּavenge yourself
hinakemuH5358 →35 times
בָ֔הּon <the> it
vah
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עָשְׂתָ֖הit has done
ʾasetahH6213 →2628 times
עֲשׂוּ־do
ʾasu-H6213 →2628 times
לָֽהּ׃to <the> it
lah
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
Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has…
- Psalms 137:8
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Jeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
- Revelation 16:19
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His…
- Revelation 14:10
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and…
- Jeremiah 50:29
Through
Jeremiah 51:6Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 50:8
Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
- Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
- Jeremiah 50:8
Through
Jeremiah 51:58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will…
it leads to
- Habakkuk 2:13
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
- Habakkuk 2:13
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); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.