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Jeremiah 50:37

Judgment

35 A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.

36 A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

38 A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

39 So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

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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
A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
KJV
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.
WEB
A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
ASV
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.
DARBY
the 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; the sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed:
BLB
A sword [is] against their horses, and against their chariots, and against all the mixture who [are] in her midst, that they should become as women! A sword [is] against her treasures, that they should be plundered!
ÅB
Sverd over dets hester og over dets vogner og over alle de fremmede krigsfolk blant dem! De skal bli til kvinner. Sverd over dets skatter! De skal bli røvet.
OTB
Et sverd mot hennes hester og vogner og alle utlendingene i hennes rekker! De vil bli svake. Et sverd mot hennes skatter! De vil bli plyndret.
B1930
Sverd over dets hester og over dets vogner og over alle de fremmede krigsfolk blandt dem! De skal bli til kvinner. Sverd over dets skatter! De skal bli røvet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:30

    The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

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  • Nahum 3:13

    Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

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  • Jeremiah 25:20

    all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

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  • Jeremiah 51:21

    With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.

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  • Jeremiah 48:41

    Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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  • Isaiah 19:16

    In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

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  • 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.

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  • Ezekiel 30:5

    Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

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