God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 50:10
10The Babylonians will become the prize. All who loot them will get everything they want,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)So Babylonia will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Chaldea shall become plunder; All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 50:10
8“Run away from Babylon. Leave the land of the Babylonians. Be like the male goats that lead the flock. 9I am going to stir up an alliance of strong nations from the north and bring it against Babylon. Those nations will take up positions against Babylon. Babylon will be captured from the north. Its enemy’s arrows will be like skilled soldiers who don’t come back empty-handed. The Babylonians will become the prize. All who loot them will get everything they want,” declares the Lord. 11“You are happy and excited. You have looted the people who belong to me. You dance around like calves on the grass and neigh like stallions. 12But your mother will be greatly ashamed. The woman who gave birth to you will be disgraced. Babylon, you will be the least important nation. You will become a parched desert.
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 50:10 word by word
וְהָיְתָ֥ה כַשְׂדִּ֖ים לְשָׁלָ֑ל כָּל־שֹׁלְלֶ֥יהָ יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:10
- Jeremiah 25:12“When the 70 years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation for their crimes, declares the Lord. I will turn Babylon into a permanent wasteland.
- Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.
- Isaiah 33:4You nations, your loot is gathered as grasshoppers harvest a crop. Like swarming locusts, people rush for your loot.
- Isaiah 45:3I will give you treasures from dark places and hidden stockpiles. Then you will know that I, the Lord God of Israel, have called you by name.
- Revelation 17:16The ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her abandoned and naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her up in a fire.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Chaldea shall be a spoil - She has been a spoiler, and she shall be spoiled. They had destroyed Judea, God's heritage; and now God shall cause her to be destroyed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Or, “Chaldaea shall become a spoil for thou wast glad, thou exultedst, ye plunderers of mine heritage.” Because ye are grown fat - Rather, for thou leapedst, skippedst as an animal does when playing. As the heifer at grass - Or, as a heifer threshing. When threshing cattle were allowed to eat their fill Deuteronomy 25:4, and so grew playful. Bellow as bulls - Better as in the margin.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. 4-10This poem gave hope to the Israelite exiles in Babylon. It contrasted with the judgment and oppression they faced. The divine Judge is also the divine Savior.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
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