Jeremiah 50:15

Jeremiah 50:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
• New International Version (NIV)Shout against her on every side! She surrenders, her towers fall, her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the Lord, take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shout against her all around; She has given her hand, Her foundations have fallen, Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so do to her.

Context of Jeremiah 50:15

13Nobody will live in Babylon, because I, the Lord, am very angry with it. It will be only a heap of stones. Everyone who goes that way will see that it is a disgusting place. They will insult Babylon, because of the terrible troubles that have happened to it.’ 14‘Get ready to fight, all you soldiers who have bows and arrows. Stand in your places around Babylon. Shoot your arrows into the city! Shoot all of them! Punish Babylon, because its people have turned against the Lord. Shout as you attack the city from all sides. Its people are ready to stop fighting. Its strong towers will fall down. You will knock down its walls. The Lord is punishing Babylon, so punish the people for their sins! Do the same thing to them that they have done to other people. 16Remove from Babylon all the farmers who plant crops. Remove all the people who cut the crops at harvest time. The foreigners must return to their own homes. They must run away to escape from the enemy army.’ 17‘Israel's enemies have chased them away to many different places. They are like sheep that hungry lions have chased away. The first to catch them was the king of Assyria. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed them, like a lion that broke their bones.’

Jeremiah 50:15 word by word

הָרִ֨יעוּ עָלֶ֤יהָ סָבִיב֙ נָתְנָ֣ה יָדָ֔הּ נָֽפְלוּ֙ אָשְׁיוֹתֶ֔יהָ נֶהֶרְס֖וּ חֽוֹמוֹתֶ֑יהָ כִּי֩ נִקְמַ֨ת יְהוָ֥ה הִיא֙ הִנָּ֣קְמוּ בָ֔הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשְׂתָ֖ה עֲשׂוּ־לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Shoutרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321
• against her round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• she hath givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• her handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• her foundationsאָשְׁיָה'ăshûyâh · foundationH803
• are fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• her wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• are thrown downהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• the vengeanceנְקָמָהneqâmâh · vengeanceH5360
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• take vengeanceנָקַםnâqam · to avengeH5358
• upon her; as she hath doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:15

• Jeremiah 51:14The Lord Almighty has made this strong promise with the authority of his own name: ‘I will cause the enemy's soldiers to fill your cities. They will come like a big crowd of locusts. They will shout loudly when they take your city for themselves.’
• Joshua 6:5Then they will make one long loud noise with their trumpets. As soon as you hear this, all the soldiers must give a loud shout. Then the city walls will fall down. The whole army will go straight into the city.’
• Ezekiel 21:22The arrow in his right hand shows him that he should go to Jerusalem. He will command his army to go and kill the people there. His soldiers will use heavy pieces of wood to knock down the walls and gates of the city. They will shout as they attack the city. They will build heaps of earth against the city's walls.
• 1 Chronicles 29:24All King David's officers, his brave soldiers and all of his sons promised to serve King Solomon faithfully.
• 2 Chronicles 30:8Do not refuse to obey him, as your parents did. Instead, agree to serve him. Come to his temple. He has made it a holy place for ever. Serve the Lord your God so that he will stop being so angry with you.
• Lamentations 5:6We gave ourselves to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, so that we could get food to eat.
• Ezekiel 17:18Judah's king did not obey his agreement with the king of Babylon. He had promised to serve Babylon's king but instead he turned against him. He did not do what he had promised to do, so he will not escape.
• Jeremiah 51:25The Lord says, ‘Listen to me, Babylon! I am your enemy! You are like a strong mountain that destroys the whole earth. I will punish you with all my strength. I will push you down from your high place. I will make you a heap of ashes.
• Jeremiah 50:14‘Get ready to fight, all you soldiers who have bows and arrows. Stand in your places around Babylon. Shoot your arrows into the city! Shoot all of them! Punish Babylon, because its people have turned against the Lord.
• Jeremiah 46:10But it is the Lord God Almighty who will win! It is the day when he will punish his enemies. His sword will completely destroy them, like a hungry person who cannot stop eating! His sword will cause a lot of blood to pour out. The Lord God Almighty will accept his enemies as a sacrifice. That is what will happen in the northern land beside the Euphrates river.
• Jeremiah 51:6Run away from Babylonia! Run quickly to escape from there! Do not stay there to die along with Babylonia's people. The time has come for the Lord to pay them back for their sins. He will punish them as they deserve.
• Deuteronomy 32:35When the right time comes, I will punish them as they deserve. They will suddenly fall and great trouble will quickly destroy them.’
• Psalms 94:1Lord, you are the God who punishes guilty people. God, show your power to punish people as they deserve!
• Psalms 149:7That is how they must fight against other nations, to punish them for their sins.
• Isaiah 59:17He always does what is right, like a soldier who always puts on his armour. His power to save people is like the helmet that he wears. He is angry against people who do evil things, and he works hard to punish them. That is like the clothes that he wears.
• Isaiah 61:2He has sent me to say, ‘This is the year when the Lord will be kind to his people.’ It is the time when our God will punish our enemies. He has sent me to comfort people who are weeping because they are sad.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Shout against her round about - Encompass her with lines and with troops; let none go in with relief, none come out to escape from her ruin.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Shout - i. e., spoken of the war-cry. So in Isaiah 42:13, where God is compared to a warrior, it is said He shall shout (the King James Version cry), i. e., raise the war-cry. Site hath given her hand - The sign of submission (compare 1 Chronicles 29:24 margin). Foundations - Or, buttresses. The Septuagint: “battlements.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-20Verses 8-20 The desolation that shall be brought upon Babylon is set forth in a variety of expressions. The cause of this destruction is the wrath of the Lord. Babylon shall be wholly desolated; for she hath sinned against the Lord. Sin makes men a mark for the arrows of God's judgments. The mercy promised to the Israel of God, shall not only accompany, but arise from the destruction of Babylon. These sheep shall be gathered from the deserts, and put…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The Lord's judgment was fulfilled when Babylon surrendered and its walls fell. The Lord's vengeance delivered justice by doing to Babylon what it had done to others (compare Deuteronomy 19:21; Luke 6:38).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Shout--Inspirit one another to the onset with the battle cry. given ... hand--an idiom for, "submitted to" the conquerors (1Ch 29:24, Margin; La 5:6). as she hath done, do unto her--just retribution in kind. She had destroyed many, so must she be destroyed (Psa 137:8). So as to spiritual Babylon (Re 18:6). This is right because "it is the vengeance of the Lord"; but this will not justify private revenge in kind (Mt 5:44; Ro 12:19-21); even the Old…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Desolation
• Hand
• Foundation
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

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