Jeremiah 50:45
in Jeremiah 50Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
KJV
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Repeated mainly from Jer 49:19-21. The identity of God's principle in His dealing with Edom, and in that with Babylon, is implied by the similarity of language as to both.
This site's exposition
Behold, an army is coming from the north
on Jeremiah 50:41-46
Verses 41 to 43 repeat almost word for word the invasion of 6:22-24. The words once aimed at the Daughter of Zion now fall on “O Daughter of Babylon.” The king of Babylon hears the report, “and his hands hang limp,” as the people of Jerusalem did in 6:24.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken against Babylon,....
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֞ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| שִׁמְע֣וּ | shimu | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| עֲצַת־ | ʾatzat- | [the] plan of | H6098 → | 89 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָעַץ֙ | yaatz | he has planned | H3289 → | 79 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּבֶ֔ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יו | umachshevotav | and purposes his | H4284 → | 56 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָשַׁ֖ב | chashav | he has purposed | H2803 → | 124 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים | kasdim | [the] Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִסְחָבוּם֙ | yischavum | people will drag away them | H5498 → | 5 times |
| צְעִירֵ֣י | tzeirei | [the] young [ones] of | H6810 → | 23 times |
| הַצֹּ֔אן | hatzon | the flock | H6629 → | 274 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַשִּׁ֛ים | yashim | he will devastate | H8074 → | 86 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| נָוֶֽה׃ | naveh | [the] pastureland | H5116 → | 35 times |
לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
שִׁמְע֣וּhear
shimuH8085 →1159 times
עֲצַת־[the] plan of
ʾatzat-H6098 →89 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָעַץ֙he has planned
yaatzH3289 →79 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בָּבֶ֔לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יוand purposes his
umachshevotavH4284 →56 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָשַׁ֖בhe has purposed
chashavH2803 →124 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים[the] Chaldeans
kasdimH3778 →80 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִסְחָבוּם֙people will drag away them
yischavumH5498 →5 times
צְעִירֵ֣י[the] young [ones] of
tzeireiH6810 →23 times
הַצֹּ֔אןthe flock
hatzonH6629 →274 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יַשִּׁ֛יםhe will devastate
yashimH8074 →86 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֖םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
נָוֶֽה׃[the] pastureland
navehH5116 →35 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 49:20Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away;…
it leads to
- Malachi 1:3–4
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Job 6:19–20
The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
- Malachi 1:3–4
Through
Jeremiah 37:10Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this…
it leads to
- Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
- Joel 2:11
The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and…
- Leviticus 26:36–38
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…
- Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away;…
- Jeremiah 51:4
And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
- Isaiah 30:17
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This page draws on 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.