Jeremiah 50:33
in Jeremiah 50This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
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ASV
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well
on Jeremiah 50:33-34
Against captors “refusing to release them” stands the title “Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name.” The word is go’el, the kinsman who buys back a relative, the word used of Boaz in Ruth and Job 19:25. “He will fervently plead their case” is courtroom language.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They were humble suppliants for their liberty, and that was all; they could not attempt any thing towards it, for all that took them captives held them fast, and were much too hard for them. But this is their comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Judah were oppressed--He anticipates an objection, in order to answer it: Ye have been, no doubt, "oppressed," therefore ye despair of deliverance; but, remember your "Redeemer is strong," and therefore can and will deliver you.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Were oppressed - are “oppressed together: and all their captors have laid firm hold upon them: they have refused to let them go.” The restoration of Israel and Judah to their land is necessary. As Babylon will not let them go, it must be broken, and its empire destroyed.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֔וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| עֲשׁוּקִ֛ים | ʾashukim | [are] oppressed | H6231 → | 36 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּבְנֵי־ | uvenei- | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| יַחְדָּ֑ו | yachdav | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ | shoeihem | captors their | H7617 → | 47 times |
| הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ | hecheziku | they have kept hold | H2388 → | 291 times |
| בָ֔ם | vam | on <the> them | ||
| מֵאֲנ֖וּ | meanu | they have refused | H3985 → | 41 times |
| שַׁלְּחָֽם׃ | shalecham | to let go them | H7971 → | 845 times |
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֔וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
עֲשׁוּקִ֛ים[are] oppressed
ʾashukimH6231 →36 times
בְּנֵי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּבְנֵי־and [the] people of
uvenei-H1121 →4930 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
יַחְדָּ֑וtogether
yachdavH3162 →141 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙captors their
shoeihemH7617 →47 times
הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּthey have kept hold
hechezikuH2388 →291 times
בָ֔םon <the> them
vam
מֵאֲנ֖וּthey have refused
meanuH3985 →41 times
שַׁלְּחָֽם׃to let go them
shalechamH7971 →845 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 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
it leads to
- Nehemiah 5:10–12
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
- Isaiah 58:9
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and…
- 1 Timothy 6:1
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
- Jeremiah 34:8–11
After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
- Nehemiah 5:10–12
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
- 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…
- 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.’
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9
About Jeremiah
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.