English Standard Version
Jeremiah 50:30
30Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 50:30
28"A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for his temple. 29"Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord. 31"Behold, I am against you, O proud one, declares the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. 32The 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.
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 50:30 word by word
לָכֵ֛ן יִפְּל֥וּ בַחוּרֶ֖יהָ בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָ וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁ֨י מִלְחַמְתָּ֥הּ יִדַּ֛מּוּ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore shall her young menבָּחוּרbâchûr bâchûr · youthH970
- fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
- in the streetsרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
- and all her menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- shall be cut offדָּמַםdâmam · to silence: silentH1826
- in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:30
- Jeremiah 9:21For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.
- Jeremiah 48:15The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up, and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
- Jeremiah 49:26Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, declares the Lord of hosts.
- Jeremiah 51:3Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.
- Isaiah 13:15Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
- Jeremiah 51:56for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
- Revelation 19:18to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great."
Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:30
- 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. 29-30Skilled archers would kill the Babylonian soldiers, just as those soldiers had killed others in battle. This was the Lord’s way of judging the ruthless empire builders who had defied the one true God by worshiping other gods (Jeremiah 50:38).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. (See on Jr 49:26). in the streets--The Babylonians were so discouraged by having lost some battles that they retired within their walls and would not again meet Cyrus in the field.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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
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