Jeremiah 50:9 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 50:9

For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

BSB

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ASV

For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

KJV

For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I will raise - Or, stir up. An assembly of great nations - The Medo-Persian empire was as much an aggregate of discordant nations as that of Babylon. From thence - From the north, i. e., by the great nations coming thence. Return in vain - A proverbial expression for ill success (compare Isa 55:11). Here the skillful warrior returns not empty.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
הִנֵּ֣ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
אָנֹכִ֡י	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
מֵעִיר֩	me.'Ir	[am] about to rouse	H5782 →
וּמַעֲלֶ֨ה	u.ma.'a.Leh	and [am] about to bring up	H5927 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בָּבֶ֜ל	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
קְהַל־	ke.hal-	an assembly of	H6951 →
גּוֹיִ֤ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
גְּדֹלִים֙	ge.do.Lim	great	H1419 →
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from a land of	H776 →
צָפ֔וֹן	tza.Fon	[the] north	H6828 →
וְעָ֣רְכוּ	ve.'A.re.khu	and they will line up	H6186 →
לָ֔הּ	Lah	to <the> it
מִשָּׁ֖ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
תִּלָּכֵ֑ד	ti.la.Khed	it will be captured	H3920 →
חִצָּיו֙	chi.Tzav	arrows its	H2671 →
כְּגִבּ֣וֹר	ke.gi.Bor	[will be] like a warrior	H1368 →
מַשְׁכִּ֔יל	mash.Kil	skillful	H7919 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	[who] not	H3808 →
יָשׁ֖וּב	ya.Shuv	he returns	H7725 →
רֵיקָֽם׃	rei.Kam	empty	H7387 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has…
leads to
- Isaiah 47:10
  You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
- Jeremiah 51:56
  For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
- Daniel 4:37
  Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in…
- Revelation 18:6
  Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
- Jeremiah 50:14–15
  Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
Through
Jeremiah 50:26
Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
leads to
- Isaiah 14:23
  “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 50:10
  Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 45:3
  I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.