Jeremiah 50:35
in Jeremiah 50A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
KJV
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Omit “is.” A summons comes from Yahweh, Israel’s Goel, to the sword to fall upon all the elements of Babylon’s greatness. The princes were her rulers at home and her generals in war. The wise men were those upon whose learning she so prided herself (Dan 1:4 note).
This site's exposition
A sword is against the Chaldeans
on Jeremiah 50:35-40
“A sword is against” repeats through verses 35 to 37, striking Babylon’s officials, wise men, false prophets, warriors, horses, chariots, and treasuries. Verse 38 adds, “A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up.” Herodotus records Cyrus took the city by turning the Euphrates from its bed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The repetition of "A sword" in the beginning of each verse, by the figure anaphora, heightens the effect; the reiterated judgment is universal; the same sad stroke of the sword is upon each and all connected with guilty Babylon. wise men-- (Isa 47:13). Babylon boasted that it was the peculiar seat of wisdom and wise men, especially in astronomy and astrology.
A sword - War and its calamities, or any grievous plague; and so in the following verses.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חֶ֥רֶב | cherev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים | kasdim | [the] Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָבֶ֔ל | vavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שָׂרֶ֖יהָ | sareiha | officials its | H8269 → | 421 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֲכָמֶֽיהָ׃ | chakhameiha | wise [people] its | H2450 → | 138 times |
חֶ֥רֶבa sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים[the] Chaldeans
kasdimH3778 →80 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאֶל־and against
veel-H413 →5510 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
בָבֶ֔לBabylon
vavelH894 →262 times
וְאֶל־and against
veel-H413 →5510 times
שָׂרֶ֖יהָofficials its
sareihaH8269 →421 times
וְאֶל־and against
veel-H413 →5510 times
חֲכָמֶֽיהָ׃wise [people] its
chakhameihaH2450 →138 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
Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:39
While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 51:31
One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
- Jeremiah 51:57
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD…
- Jeremiah 51:39
Through
Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:27
“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 46:18
As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
- Jeremiah 48:15
Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 25:27
Through
Jeremiah 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
it leads to
- Ezekiel 21:3–5
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
- Jeremiah 12:12
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
- Ezekiel 21:3–5
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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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).