Jeremiah 50:32

Jeremiah 50:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
• New International Version (NIV)The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is around him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The most proud shall stumble and fall, And no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it will devour all around him.”

Context of Jeremiah 50:32

30Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares; all the warriors will perish in that day. This is the Lord’s declaration. 31Look, I am against you, you arrogant one — this is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies — for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. The arrogant will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. I will set fire to his cities, and it will consume everything around him. 33This is what the Lord of Armies says: Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed. All their captors hold them fast; they refuse to release them. 34Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of Armies is his name. He will fervently champion their cause so that he might bring rest to the earth but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:32 word by word

וְכָשַׁ֤ל זָדוֹן֙ וְנָפַ֔ל וְאֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ מֵקִ֑ים וְהִצַּ֤תִּי אֵשׁ֙ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֖ה כָּל־סְבִיבֹתָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the most proudזָדוֹןzâdôn · arroganceH2087
• shall stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• and fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• and none shall raise him upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• and I will kindleיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• in his citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and it shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• all round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:32

• Proverbs 16:18Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
• Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Isaiah 10:12But when the Lord finishes all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”
• Isaiah 14:13You said to yourself, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will set up my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly, in the remotest parts of the North.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.” Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Daniel 5:20But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.
• Jeremiah 51:26No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate forever. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Revelation 18:8For this reason her plagues will come in just one day — death and grief and famine. She will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.
• Jeremiah 21:14I will punish you according to what you have done — this is the Lord’s declaration. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around it.’”
• Jeremiah 49:27I will set fire to the wall of Damascus; it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For fire has been kindled because of my anger and burns to the depths of Sheol; it devours the land and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
• Amos 1:4Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace, and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.
• Amos 2:2Therefore, I will send fire against Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die with a tumult, with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32And the most proud - זדון zadon, as before. Here pride is personified and addressed, as if possessing a being and rational powers.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Him … his … him - Or, her.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-32Verses 21-32 The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-32Due to the Lord's command, the proud Babylonian Empire would never again become a powerful force in the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-46After the predictions of judgment to be inflicted on other nations by Babylon, follows this one against Babylon itself, the longest prophecy, consisting of one hundred verses. The date of utterance was the fourth year of Zedekiah, when Seraiah, to whom it was committed, was sent to Babylon (Jr 51:59, 60). The repetitions in it make it likely that it consists of prophecies uttered at different times, now collected by Jeremiah to console the Jews in exile…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings