Jeremiah 50:31
in Jeremiah 50“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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud one, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts; for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
KJV
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThou pride (so the word is), as proud as pride itself. Note, the pride of men's hearts sets God against them and ripens them apace for ruin; for God resists the proud and will bring them down.
This site's exposition
Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon
on Jeremiah 50:28-32
Refugees from Babylon announce “the vengeance for His temple,” so Babylon’s fall answers the burning of the temple in 52:13. The sentence is repayment: “Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done.” Babylon will “stumble and fall with no one to pick him up.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
I am to speak against persons who pride themselves on their eloquence; so, to begin with a text of Scripture, "Behold, I am against you, O proud one," not only in your system of teaching but also in your hearing and in your tone of mind.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the L ORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the L ORD , and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
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Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
O thou most proud - זדון zadon. Pride in the abstract; proudest of all people.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Babylon is here called Pride, just as in Jer 50:21 she was called Double-rebellion.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנְנִ֤י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾeleikha | [am] against you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| זָד֔וֹן | zadon | O arrogance | H2087 → | 11 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| צְבָא֑וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בָּ֥א | ba' | it has come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יוֹמְךָ֖ | yomkha | day your | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| עֵ֥ת | ʾet | [the] time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| פְּקַדְתִּֽיךָ׃ | pekadticha | [when] I will visit you | H6485 → | 303 times |
הִנְנִ֤יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙[am] against you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
זָד֔וֹןO arrogance
zadonH2087 →11 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
צְבָא֑וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
כִּ֛יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
בָּ֥אit has come
ba'H935 →2568 times
יוֹמְךָ֖day your
yomkhaH3117 →2304 times
עֵ֥ת[the] time
ʾetH6256 →296 times
פְּקַדְתִּֽיךָ׃[when] I will visit you
pekadtichaH6485 →303 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
Nahum 2:13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the…
it leads to
- Nahum 3:5
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 46:9
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- 2 Kings 19:23
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut…
- Nahum 3:5
Through
Ezekiel 39:1“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 38:2–3
“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
- Ezekiel 38:2–3
Through
Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
it leads to
- Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
- Obadiah 1:3–4
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Lamentations 4:12
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); Gregory of Nazianzus, FIRST THEOLOGICAL ORATION 1(27).1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.