Jeremiah 50:22
in Jeremiah 50“The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
KJV
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA sound of battle is in the land,.... In the land of the Chaldeans, as it is expressed in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; the noise of warriors, the clashing of arms, and sound of trumpets, both of the enemy entered into the land, and of the Chaldeans arming themselves in their own defence: and of great destruction; in the same land; or in Babylon, as Abarbinel supplies it; this is the consequent of the former.
This site's exposition
against the land of Merathaim
on Jeremiah 50:21-27
Merathaim and Pekod are regions of Babylonia, and Keil and Barnes note in Hebrew the names sound like the words for double rebellion and punishment. Babylon, “the hammer of the whole earth,” “lies broken and shattered.” Babylon’s soldiers are pictured as young bulls that “go down to the slaughter.”
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ק֥וֹל | kol | a sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| מִלְחָמָ֖ה | milchamah | battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| בָּאָ֑רֶץ | baaretz | [will be] in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְשֶׁ֖בֶר | veshever | and destruction | H7667 → | 45 times |
| גָּדֽוֹל׃ | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
ק֥וֹלa sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
מִלְחָמָ֖הbattle
milchamahH4421 →320 times
בָּאָ֑רֶץ[will be] in the land
baaretzH776 →2504 times
וְשֶׁ֖בֶרand destruction
vesheverH7667 →45 times
גָּדֽוֹל׃great
gadolH1419 →526 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).