Jeremiah 50:2 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.

KJV

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Declare ye among the nations - God’s determination relative to this empire. Set up a standard - Show the people where they are to assemble. Say, Babylon is taken - It is a thing so firmly determined, that it is as good as already done. Bel - The tutelar deity of Babylon is confounded, because it cannot save its own city. Merodach - Another of their idols, is broken to pieces; it was not able to save itself, much less the whole empire. Her idols are confounded - It is a reproach to have acknowledged them.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַגִּ֨ידוּ	ha.Gi.du	declare	H5046 →
בַגּוֹיִ֤ם	va.go.Yim	among the nations	H1471 →
וְהַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙	ve.hash.Mi.'u	and make a proclamation	H8085 →
וּֽשְׂאוּ־	u.se.'u-	and lift up	H5375 →
נֵ֔ס	Nes	a standard	H5251 →
הַשְׁמִ֖יעוּ	hash.Mi.'u	make a proclamation	H8085 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תְּכַחֵ֑דוּ	te.kha.Che.du	you hide [it]	H3582 →
אִמְרוּ֩	'im.Ru	say	H559 →
נִלְכְּדָ֨ה	nil.ke.Dah	it will be captured	H3920 →
בָבֶ֜ל	va.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
הֹבִ֥ישׁ	ho.Vish	it will be put to shame	H954 →
בֵּל֙	bel	Bel	H1078 →
חַ֣ת	chat	it will be shattered	H2865 →
מְרֹדָ֔ךְ	me.ro.Dakh	Marduk	H4781 →
הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ	ho.Vi.shu	they will be put to shame	H954 →
עֲצַבֶּ֔יהָ	'a.tza.Bei.ha	images its	H6091 →
חַ֖תּוּ	Cha.tu	they will be shattered	H2865 →
גִּלּוּלֶֽיהָ׃	gi.lu.Lei.ha	idols its	H1544 →

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

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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 46:1
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:44
  I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 21:9
  Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 51:47
  Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 51:47
Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:52
  “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 21:9
Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
leads to
- Revelation 18:2
  And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable…
- Jeremiah 51:8
  Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
Through
Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
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 51:34
  “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies…