Jeremiah 50:24

²² 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!

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.

²⁵ The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

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.

Compare

BSB: I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.
ASV: 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 Jehovah.
DARBY: I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah.
BLB: I laid a snare for you, and indeed you have been captured, O Babylon, and you did not know [it]; you were found, and also were caught, because against YHWH you have stirred up yourself!

ÅB: Jeg stilte snare for deg, og du ble fanget, Babel, uten at du visste av det; du ble funnet og grepet; for mot Herren hadde du gitt deg i strid.
OTB: Jeg la en snare for deg, Babylon, og du ble fanget før du visste det; du ble funnet og erobret fordi du motsatte deg Herren.
B1930: Jeg stilte snare for dig, og du blev fanget, Babel, uten at du visste av det; du blev funnet og grepet; for mot Herren hadde du gitt dig i strid.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Daniel 5:30–31
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
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Job 9:4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
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Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Isaiah 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
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Isaiah 21:3–5
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
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2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
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Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
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