Jeremiah 50:11
in Jeremiah 50“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,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heifer that treadeth out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
KJV
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBecause ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage,.... This is addressed to the Chaldeans who destroyed Jerusalem and the land of Judea, once the heritage of the Lord; when they rejoiced at the destruction of God's people, and insulted them in their miseries; and which is the cause and reason assigned of their ruin; for though they had a commission to destroy, yet they exceeded that, and especially by exulting at the ruin of that people, which showed great inhumanity.
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 Awakening2 voices
); herein indeed God made use of them for the necessary correction of his people, and yet it is laid to their charge as a heinous crime, because they designed nothing but their utter destruction.
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Because - They rejoiced at the ruin of the Jews. Fat - The cause for which Babylon is threatened, was doubtless their luxury of all sorts commonly attending great wealth.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But there is a disagreement of gender in Hebrew reading thus. The Keri is better: "a heifer threshing"; the strongest were used for threshing, and as the law did not allow their mouth to be muzzled in threshing (De 25:4), they waxed wanton with eating. bellow as bulls--rather, "neigh as steeds," literally, "strong ones," a poetical expression for steeds (see on Jer 8:16) [MAURER].
As the heifer at grass - Ye were wanton in the desolations ye brought upon Judea.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תִשְׂמְחוּ֙ | tismechi | you are rejoicing | H8055 → | 155 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תַֽעֲלְז֔וּ | taalzi | you are gloating | H5937 → | 16 times |
| שֹׁסֵ֖י | shosei | O plunderers of | H8154 → | |
| נַחֲלָתִ֑י | nachalati | inheritance my | H5159 → | 222 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תָפ֙וּשׁוּ֙ | tafushi | you are skipping about | H6335 → | |
| כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה | keeglah | like a heifer | H5697 → | 14 times |
| דָשָׁ֔ה | dashah | threshing | H1758 → | |
| וְתִצְהֲל֖וּ | vetitzhali | so you may neigh | H6670 → | 9 times |
| כָּאֲבִּרִֽים׃ | kaabirim | like <the> mighty [horses] | H47 → | 17 times |
כִּ֤יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
תִשְׂמְחוּ֙you are rejoicing
tismechiH8055 →155 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
תַֽעֲלְז֔וּyou are gloating
taalziH5937 →16 times
שֹׁסֵ֖יO plunderers of
shoseiH8154 →
נַחֲלָתִ֑יinheritance my
nachalatiH5159 →222 times
כִּ֤יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
תָפ֙וּשׁוּ֙you are skipping about
tafushiH6335 →
כְּעֶגְלָ֣הlike a heifer
keeglahH5697 →14 times
דָשָׁ֔הthreshing
dashahH1758 →
וְתִצְהֲל֖וּso you may neigh
vetitzhaliH6670 →9 times
כָּאֲבִּרִֽים׃like <the> mighty [horses]
kaabirimH47 →17 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 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
it leads to
- Zechariah 1:15
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
- 2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the…
- Deuteronomy 28:50
a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
- Obadiah 1:10
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
- James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Zechariah 1:15
Through
Zechariah 14:12And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 39:17–20
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all…
- Isaiah 66:15–16
For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
- Micah 4:11–13
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
- Ezekiel 39:17–20
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.