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Jeremiah 50:22

Judgment

20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction.
KJV
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
WEB
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
ASV
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
DARBY
A sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
BLB
“The voice of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction!
ÅB
Det er larm av krig i landet og stor ødeleggelse.
OTB
Lyden av kamp er i landet, lyden av stor ødeleggelse!
B1930
Det er larm av krig i landet og stor ødeleggelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 4:19–21

    My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

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  • Jeremiah 51:54–56

    A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

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  • Isaiah 21:2–4

    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

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