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Jeremiah 50:18

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Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

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This verse in Jeremiah 50

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

As I have punished the king of Assyria - The Assyrians were overthrown by the Medes and the Chaldeans. The king is here taken for all their kings, generals, etc., Tiglath-pileser, Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Esar-haddon, etc. To them succeeded the Chaldean or Babylonish kings. Nebuchadnezzar came against Judea several times; and at last took the city and burnt it, profaned and demolished the temple, wasted the land, and carried the princes and people into captivity.

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

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, Those who pursue and prosecute the sins of their predecessors must expect to be pursued and prosecuted by their plagues; if they do as they did, let them fare as they fared. The mercy promised to the Israel of God, which shall not only accompany, but accrue from, the destruction of Babylon.

The words behind it

19 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.

  • לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֞רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צְבָאוֹת֙of hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הִנְנִ֥יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • פֹקֵ֛ד[am] about to visit [judgment]

    fokedH6485 →303 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֖לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַרְצ֑וֹland his

    ʾartzoH776 →2504 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • פָּקַ֖דְתִּיI visited [judgment]

    pakadtiH6485 →303 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַשּֽׁוּר׃Assyria

    ʾashurH804 →151 times

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

Related verses

6 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.

Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.5 worksNahum 1:1–3This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:3 worksNahum 3:18O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.3 worksEzekiel 31:3–17Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.2 worksZephaniah 2:13–15And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.2 worksIsaiah 37:36–38Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!2 works

The walk

5 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

    Isaiah 10:12

    So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 17:12–14

      Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

    • Isaiah 2:11

      The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    • Isaiah 30:30–33

      And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

    • Psalms 18:27

      For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

    • Isaiah 10:5–6

      Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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