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Jeremiah 50:27

in Jeremiah 50

Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

KJV

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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This verse in Jeremiah 50

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

against the land of Merathaim

on Jeremiah 50:21-27

Merathaim and Pekod are regions of Babylonia, and Keil and Barnes note in Hebrew the names sound like the words for double rebellion and punishment. Babylon, “the hammer of the whole earth,” “lies broken and shattered.” Babylon’s soldiers are pictured as young bulls that “go down to the slaughter.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Slay all her bullocks,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Woe unto them! their case is the more sad for the little sense they have of it. Their day has come to fall, the time when they must be reckoned with, and they are not aware of it. Assurances are given them of success.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

bullocks--that is, princes and strong warriors (Jer 46:21; Isa 34:7). go down to . . . slaughter--The slaughterhouses lay low beside the river; therefore it is said, "go down"; appropriate to Babylon on the Euphrates, the avenue through which the slaughterers entered the city.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Slay all her bullocks - Princes, magistrates, etc., etc.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • חִרְבוּ֙kill

    chirvuH2717 →40 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • פָּרֶ֔יהָyoung bulls its

    pareihaH6499 →

  • יֵרְד֖וּlet them go down

    yereduH3381 →381 times

  • לַטָּ֑בַחto the slaughter

    latavachH2874 →

  • ה֣וֹיwoe!

    hoH1945 →51 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֔םon them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • בָ֥אit has come

    va'H935 →2568 times

  • יוֹמָ֖םday their

    yomamH3117 →2304 times

  • עֵ֥ת[the] time of

    ʾetH6256 →296 times

  • פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ סpunishment their

    pekudatamH6486 →32 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.6 worksJeremiah 48:15Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.5 worksJeremiah 46:21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.4 worksIsaiah 34:7And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.4 worksPsalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.3 worksJeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 39:18You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.3 worksJeremiah 11:23There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”3 worksJeremiah 12:3But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.3 worksAmos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”3 worksJeremiah 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.3 worksJob 18:20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.3 worksJeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,2 worksJeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.2 worksJeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.2 worksRevelation 16:17–19Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”2 worksEzekiel 7:5–7This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!2 worksRevelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Psalms 22:12

    Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 68:30

      Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Amos 4:1–3

      Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

    • Acts 4:27

      In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

  • Through

    Psalms 37:13

    but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 2:4

      The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

    • Proverbs 1:26

      in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

    • 1 Samuel 26:10

      David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

    • Daniel 5:26

      And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

    • Ezekiel 21:25

      And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 50 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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