Jeremiah 50:35
33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
37 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.
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
- A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
- KJV
- A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
- WEB
- “A sword is on the Chaldeans,” says the LORD, “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men.
- ASV
- A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
- DARBY
- The sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men;
- BLB
- A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans,” a declaration of YHWH, “and against those dwelling in Babylon, and against her princes, and against her wise men!
- ÅB
- Sverd over kaldeerne, sier Herren, over Babels innbyggere, over dets høvdinger og over dets vismenn!
- OTB
- "Et sverd mot kaldeerne!" erklærer Herren—"mot dem som bor i Babylon og mot hennes embetsmenn og vise menn!
- B1930
- Sverd over kaldeerne, sier Herren, over Babels innbyggere, over dets høvdinger og over dets vismenn!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 47:6
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Read in contextHosea 11:6
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Read in contextDaniel 5:30
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Read in contextDaniel 5:1–2
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextDaniel 5:7–8
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Read in contextIsaiah 19:11–13
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Read in contextLeviticus 26:25
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
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