God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 50:27
27Kill all their young bulls. Let them go to be slaughtered. How horrible it will be for them when their time has come, the time for them to be punished.
Jeremiah 50:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- New International Version (NIV)Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Slay all her bulls, Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Context of Jeremiah 50:27
25The Lord will open his armory and bring out the weapons of his fury, because the Almighty Lord of Armies has a job to do in the land of the Babylonians. 26Attack them from a distance, open their storehouses, pile up their corpses like piles of grain, claim them for me by destroying them, and don’t leave anyone behind. Kill all their young bulls. Let them go to be slaughtered. How horrible it will be for them when their time has come, the time for them to be punished. 28Listen! Fugitives and refugees from Babylon are coming to Zion to tell about the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance for his temple. 29“Call together the archers, the soldiers with bows, against Babylon. Set up blockades around it. Don’t let anyone escape. Pay the people of Babylon back for what they have done. Do to them what they did to others. They have disobeyed the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 50:27 word by word
חִרְבוּ֙ כָּל־פָּרֶ֔יהָ יֵרְד֖וּ לַטָּ֑בַח ה֣וֹי עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־בָ֥א יוֹמָ֖ם עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Slayחָרַבchârab chârêb · to slayH2717
- all her bullocksפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
- let them go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- to the slaughterטֶ֫בַחţebach · slaughterH2874
- woeהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
- unto them! for their dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- of their visitationפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:27
- Jeremiah 50:11“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.
- Jeremiah 46:21Egypt’s hired soldiers are like fattened calves. They will turn and run away together. They won’t stand their ground. The day of destruction is coming. At that time they will be punished.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.
- Isaiah 34:7Wild oxen will be killed with them, young bulls along with rams. Their land will be drenched with blood. Their dust will be covered with fat.
- Ezekiel 39:17“Son of man, this is what the Almighty Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild animal, ‘Assemble, and come together from all around for the sacrifice that I’m preparing for you. It will be a huge feast on the mountains of Israel. You can eat meat and drink blood there.
- Jeremiah 50:31“I’m against you, you arrogant city,” declares the Almighty Lord of Armies. “Your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees from a disaster will fall into a pit. Whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. I will bring a year of punishment to Moab,” declares the Lord.
- Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him because he has seen that his time is coming.
- Lamentations 1:21“All my enemies have heard that I am groaning. No one offers me comfort. All my enemies have heard about my disaster. They are happy that you did it. You have allowed the day to come, the one that you had announced. Let my enemies be like me now.
- Ezekiel 7:5“This is what the Almighty Lord says: One disaster after another is coming.
- Revelation 16:17The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air. A loud voice came from the throne in the temple, and said, “It has happened!”
- Revelation 18:10Frightened by her torture, they will stand far away and say, ‘How horrible, how horrible it is for that important city, the powerful city Babylon! In one moment judgment has come to it!’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Slay all her bullocks - Princes, magistrates, etc., etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Her bullocks - Her strong youths.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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. bullocks--that is, princes and strong warriors (Jr 46:21; Psa 22:12; Is 34:7). go down to ... slaughter--The slaughterhouses lay low beside the river; therefore it is said, "go down"; appropriate to Babylon on the Euphrates, the avenue through which the slaughterers entered the city.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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