Jeremiah 50:28
in Jeremiah 50Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
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ASV
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.
KJV
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseDeclare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord - Zion was desolated by Babylon; tell Zion that God hath desolated the desolator. The vengeance of his temple - Which Nebuchadnezzar had pillaged, profaned, and demolished, transporting its sacred vessels to Babylon, and putting them in the temple of his god Bel.
This site's exposition
them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon
on Jeremiah 50:28-32
Refugees from Babylon carry the news to Zion themselves, and the word they bring names what is being avenged, the vengeance of his temple, Babylon's fall tied directly back to the house she burned. The sentence against her is framed as simple repayment, recompense her according to her work, according to all that she hath done, do unto her, the same measure she used returned to her. The most proud stumbles with none to raise him up, fire kindled in his own cities, pride the ground named twice in three verses.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The voice of them that flee and escape out the land of Babylon,....
Note, Whatever wrong is done to God's church (his temple in the world) it will certainly be reckoned for; and no vengeance will be sorer nor heavier than the vengeance of the temple. (4.) Babylon has been very haughty and insolent, and therefore must have a fall; for it is the glory of God to look upon those that are proud and to abase them, Job xl.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The voice of them ... - i. e., There is a sound of fugitives escaping from Babylonia. The Jews saw in the fall of Babylon Yahweh’s vengeance for His temple.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ק֥וֹל | kol | [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| נָסִ֛ים | nasim | fugitives | H5127 → | 159 times |
| וּפְלֵטִ֖ים | ufeletim | and escapees | H6412 → | 24 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בָּבֶ֑ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| לְהַגִּ֣יד | lehagid | to declare | H5046 → | 370 times |
| בְּצִיּ֗וֹן | betziyon | in Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִקְמַת֙ | nikmat | [the] vengeance of | H5360 → | 27 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נִקְמַ֖ת | nikmat | [the] vengeance of | H5360 → | 27 times |
| הֵיכָלֽוֹ׃ | heikhalo | temple his | H1964 → | 80 times |
ק֥וֹל[the] sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
נָסִ֛יםfugitives
nasimH5127 →159 times
וּפְלֵטִ֖יםand escapees
ufeletimH6412 →24 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
בָּבֶ֑לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
לְהַגִּ֣ידto declare
lehagidH5046 →370 times
בְּצִיּ֗וֹןin Zion
betziyonH6726 →154 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִקְמַת֙[the] vengeance of
nikmatH5360 →27 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
נִקְמַ֖ת[the] vengeance of
nikmatH5360 →27 times
הֵיכָלֽוֹ׃temple his
heikhaloH1964 →80 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 48:20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:6
Flee 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 52:9
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
- 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 51:45
Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
- Revelation 18:4
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- Jeremiah 51:6
Through
Lamentations 1:10The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
- Jeremiah 51:51
“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
- Deuteronomy 23:3
Through
Jeremiah 50:15Raise 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,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:58
This 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…
- Jeremiah 51:58
About Jeremiah
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
- PlaceJerusalemZionThe eastern ridge David took from the Jebusites and made his stronghold, the name the Psalms and the prophets give the city the LO…
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 Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.