Jeremiah 50:37
in Jeremiah 50A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
KJV
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA 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.
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 Awakening2 voices
The troops of other nations that were in their service shall be quite disheartened: The mingled people shall become as weak and timorous as women. [6.] Upon their exchequer: The sword shall be upon her treasures, which are the sinews of war, and they shall be robbed, and made use of by the enemy against them.
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The mingled people - i. e., the foreigners serving as mercenaries in her army.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חֶ֜רֶב | cherev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| סוּסָ֣יו | susav | horses its | H5483 → | 140 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| רִכְבּ֗וֹ | rikhbo | chariotry its | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעֶ֛רֶב | haerev | <the> foreigner | H6154 → | 15 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ | betokhah | [is] in [the] midst of it | H8432 → | 418 times |
| וְהָי֣וּ | vehayu | and they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְנָשִׁ֑ים | lenashim | <into> women | H802 → | 781 times |
| חֶ֥רֶב | cherev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אוֹצְרֹתֶ֖יהָ | ʾotzroteiha | treasuries its | H214 → | 79 times |
| וּבֻזָּֽזוּ׃ | uvuzazu | and they will be plundered | H962 → | 43 times |
חֶ֜רֶבa sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
סוּסָ֣יוhorses its
susavH5483 →140 times
וְאֶל־and against
veel-H413 →5510 times
רִכְבּ֗וֹchariotry its
rikhboH7393 →119 times
וְאֶל־and against
veel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעֶ֛רֶב<the> foreigner
haerevH6154 →15 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ[is] in [the] midst of it
betokhahH8432 →418 times
וְהָי֣וּand they will become
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
לְנָשִׁ֑ים<into> women
lenashimH802 →781 times
חֶ֥רֶבa sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אוֹצְרֹתֶ֖יהָtreasuries its
ʾotzroteihaH214 →79 times
וּבֻזָּֽזוּ׃and they will be plundered
uvuzazuH962 →43 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
Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
it leads to
- Isaiah 19:16
In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nahum 3:13
Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
- Jeremiah 50:36–37
A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
- Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find…
- Isaiah 19:16
Through
Jeremiah 51:21With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Zechariah 10:5
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Exodus 15:1
Through
Nahum 3:13Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:30
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
- Jeremiah 51:30
Through
Jeremiah 25:20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
it leads to
- Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Job 1:1
About Jeremiah

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
