Jeremiah 50:20

Jeremiah 50:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
• New International Version (NIV)In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In those days and in that time,” says the Lord, “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.

Context of Jeremiah 50:20

18“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria. 19I will bring the people of Israel back to their pastures. They will eat on Mount Carmel and Mount Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the mountains of Ephraim and Gilead. In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “people will look for Israel’s crimes, but they will find none. They will look for Judah’s sins, but none will be found. I will forgive the faithful few whom I have spared. 21Attack the land of Merathaim and the people who live in Pekod. Claim them for me by killing them with a sword,” declares the Lord. “Do everything I commanded you. 22The noise of battle and great destruction fills the land.

Jeremiah 50:20 word by word

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֩ וּבָעֵ֨ת הַהִ֜יא נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ אֶת־עֲוֹ֤ן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאֵינֶ֔נּוּ וְאֶת־חַטֹּ֥את יְהוּדָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה כִּ֥י אֶסְלַ֖ח לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר אַשְׁאִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and in that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall be sought forבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• none; and the sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and they shall not be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• for I will pardonסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545
• them whom I reserveשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604

Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:20

• Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and Judah will cry as they go together to seek the Lord their God.
• Jeremiah 33:15In those days and at that time, I will cause a righteous branch to spring up for David. He will do what is fair and right in the land.
• Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying, ‘Know the Lord.’ All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” declares the Lord, “because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.”
• Numbers 23:21He doesn’t want any trouble for the descendants of Jacob. He sees no misfortune for the people of Israel. The Lord their God is with them, praised as their king.
• Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from its roots will bear fruit.
• Isaiah 43:25I alone am the one who is going to wipe away your rebellious actions for my own sake. I will not remember your sins ⌞anymore⌟.
• Isaiah 44:22I made your rebellious acts disappear like a thick cloud and your sins like the morning mist. Come back to me, because I have reclaimed you.
• Micah 7:19You will again have compassion on us. You will overcome our wrongdoing. You will throw all our sins into the deep sea.
• Acts 3:19So change the way you think and act, and turn ⌞to God⌟ to have your sins removed.
• Romans 8:33Who will accuse those whom God has chosen? God has approved of them.
• Hebrews 8:10But this is the promise that I will make to Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my teachings inside them, and I will write those teachings on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Hebrews 10:17Then he adds, “I will no longer hold their sins and their disobedience against them.”
• Psalms 103:12As far as the east is from the west— that is how far he has removed our rebellious acts from himself.
• Romans 5:16There is also no comparison between ⌞God’s⌟ gift and the one who sinned. The verdict which followed one person’s failure condemned everyone. But, even after many failures, the gift brought God’s approval.
• 2 Peter 3:15Think of our Lord’s patience as an opportunity ⌞for us⌟ to be saved. This is what our dear brother Paul wrote to you about, using the wisdom God gave him.
• Jeremiah 44:14None of the people of Judah who went to live in Egypt will survive or return to Judah, where they long to return and live. Only a few refugees will return there.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20In those days and in that time - This phrase appears to take in the whole of an epoch, from its commencement to its end. See Jeremiah 50:4. I will pardon them - So as to deliver them from their captivity, and exact no more punishment from them whom I reserve, namely, the remnant left in the Babylonish captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Those days - The days of the Messiah. Reserve - Or, permit to remain: hence, the remnant, a word pregnant with meaning in the language of the prophets. See Isaiah 8:18 note (2).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. 20The Lord would forgive the remaining people from Israel and Judah. They would seek the Lord as they returned to their homeland (Jeremiah 50:4–5; see chapters 31, 33).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. The specification of "Israel," as well as Judah, shows the reference is to times yet to come. iniquity ... none--not merely idolatry, which ceased among the Jews ever since the Babylonian captivity, but chiefly their rejection of Messiah. As in a cancelled debt, it shall be as if it had never been; God, for Christ's sake, shall treat them as innocent (Jr 31:34). Without cleansing away of sin, remission of punishment would be neither to the honor of…Read the comment

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• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Desolation
• Exile
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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