Jeremiah 50:16 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 50:16

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.

BSB

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ASV

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

KJV

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Cut off the sower from in Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest,.... Both sower and reaper: the walls of Babylon took in a large compass of land, where there were corn fields; and which, as Curtius (s) observes, would yield a sufficiency to hold out a siege against an enemy; but being taken, the husbandman would not be spared, as used to be, but should be cut off, and so none to till the ground, or to reap what was upon it; and thus, in course, would be, desolate, as before threatened.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The population is to be destroyed so utterly that the rich fields of Babylonia are to remain untilled. They shall turn - The full force of the words will be seen if it be remembered that it had been the policy of Nebuchadnezzar to compel citizens selected from the vanquished nations to settle in Babylonia.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּרְת֤וּ	kir.Tu	cut off	H3772 →
זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙	zo.Re.a'	[the] sower	H2232 →
מִבָּבֶ֔ל	mi.ba.Vel	from Babylon	H894 →
וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ	ve.to.Fes	and [one who] wields	H8610 →
מַגָּ֖ל	ma.Gal	a sickle	H4038 →
בְּעֵ֣ת	be.'Et	at a time of	H6256 →
קָצִ֑יר	ka.Tzir	harvest	H7105 →
מִפְּנֵי֙	mi.pe.Nei	from before	H6440 →
חֶ֣רֶב	Che.rev	[the] sword of	H2719 →
הַיּוֹנָ֔ה	hai.yo.Nah	the oppressor	H3238 →
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	everyone	H376 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עַמּוֹ֙	a.Mo	people his	H5971 →
יִפְנ֔וּ	yif.Nu	they will turn	H6437 →
וְאִ֥ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and everyone	H376 →
לְאַרְצ֖וֹ	le.'ar.Tzo	to own land his	H776 →
יָנֻֽסוּ׃ ס	ya.Nu.su	they will flee	H5127 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 13:14
Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:17
  So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
- 1 Kings 22:36
  As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
Through
Jeremiah 46:16
They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the…
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:9
  “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Joel 1:11
Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
leads to
- Jeremiah 14:3–4
  The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Through
Jeremiah 51:9
“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
leads to
- Isaiah 13:14
  Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
- Revelation 18:5
  For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
- Jeremiah 46:16
  They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the…
Through
Jeremiah 25:38
He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:7
  A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and…

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah