Jeremiah 50:34
in Jeremiah 50Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
KJV
Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Redeemer - i. e., גאל gā'al. Yahweh is Israel’s next relative, bound by law to avenge him, as well as to ransom him from captivity. It was the Go’el’s duty also to plead his kinsman’s cause. How thoroughly Yahweh will execute this duty for Israel is shown in the Hebrew by the triple repetition of the same word; literally “in pleading He will plead their plea.” The land ... - Rather, “the earth.” Babylon has hitherto by its ambition kept the world in unrest: now by its fall men everywhere can dwell in security.
This 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 Awakening3 voices
) because they have disquieted God's people, whose honour and comfort he is jealous for, and therefore will recompense tribulation to those that trouble them, as well as rest to those that are troubled, 2 Thess. i. (2.) They wronged God himself, and robbed him, giving that glory to others which is due to him alone; for (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is his name,....
Let them know that their Redeemer is strong; he is able to keep what they commit to him, and he will plead their cause. Sin shall not have dominion over them; he will make them free, and they shall be free indeed; he will give them rest, that rest which remains for the people of God. Babylon's sin, and their punishment for that sin.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
strong--as opposed to the power of Israel's oppressor (Re 18:8). plead . . . cause--as their advocate. Image from a court of justice; appropriate as God delivers His people not by mere might, but by righteousness. His plea against Satan and all their enemies is His own everlasting love, reconciling mercy and justice in the Redeemer's work and person (Mic 7:9;
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase+unbalanced-parens
Their Redeemer is strong - And it was not that he wanted power, and that Nebuchadnezzar had much, that Jerusalem was taken; but because the people had sinned, and would not return; and therefore national sins called for national punishments. These have taken place; and now the Lord of hosts shows them that the power of the Chaldeans is mere weakness against his might.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גֹּאֲלָ֣ם׀ | goalam | redeemer their | H1350 → | |
| חָזָ֗ק | chazak | [is] strong | H2389 → | 56 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | [is] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָאוֹת֙ | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| שְׁמ֔וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| רִ֥יב | riv | certainly <conduct> | H7378 → | 67 times |
| יָרִ֖יב | yariv | he will conduct | H7378 → | 67 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רִיבָ֑ם | rivam | case their | H7379 → | 61 times |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| הִרְגִּ֣יעַ | hirgia' | to give rest to | H7280 → | 13 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְהִרְגִּ֖יז | vehirgiz | and to cause disquiet | H7264 → | |
| לְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י | leyoshevei | to [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָבֶֽל׃ | vavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
גֹּאֲלָ֣ם׀redeemer their
goalamH1350 →
חָזָ֗ק[is] strong
chazakH2389 →56 times
יְהוָ֤ה[is] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָאוֹת֙of hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
שְׁמ֔וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
רִ֥יבcertainly <conduct>
rivH7378 →67 times
יָרִ֖יבhe will conduct
yarivH7378 →67 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רִיבָ֑םcase their
rivamH7379 →61 times
לְמַ֙עַן֙so as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
הִרְגִּ֣יעַto give rest to
hirgia'H7280 →13 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וְהִרְגִּ֖יזand to cause disquiet
vehirgizH7264 →
לְיֹשְׁבֵ֥יto [the] inhabitants of
leyosheveiH3427 →1079 times
בָבֶֽל׃Babylon
vavelH894 →262 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 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:25–27
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Hosea 2:19–20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2–3
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Isaiah 48:17
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
- Ephesians 5:25–27
Through
Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:14
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 43:14
Through
Jeremiah 15:21I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- Isaiah 49:24–25
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
- 2 Corinthians 1:10
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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.