King James Version
Jeremiah 50:7
7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
Jeremiah 50:7 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture, the Lord, the hope of their ancestors.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries said, ‘We have not offended, Because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, The Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)All who found them devoured them. Their enemies said, ‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them, for they sinned against the Lord, their true place of rest, and the hope of their ancestors.’
Context of Jeremiah 50:7
5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers. 8Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. 9For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 50:7 word by word
כָּל־מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם אֲכָל֔וּם וְצָרֵיהֶ֥ם אָמְר֖וּ לֹ֣א נֶאְשָׁ֑ם תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָטְא֤וּ לַֽיהוָה֙ נְוֵה־צֶ֔דֶק וּמִקְוֵ֥ה אֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
- All that foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- them have devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- them: and their adversariesצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- We offendאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
- not, because they have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
- against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- the habitationנָוֶהnâveh nâvâh · pastureH5116
- of justiceצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
- the hopeמִקְוֶהmiqveh miqvêh miqvê' · hopeH4723
- of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:7
- Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
- Jeremiah 12:7I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
- Psalms 79:7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
- Isaiah 9:12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 56:9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
- Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 40:2And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
- Isaiah 47:6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Daniel 9:6Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Zechariah 1:15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- Zechariah 11:5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
- Jeremiah 31:23Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
- Psalms 90:1Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
- Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Jeremiah 14:8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
- Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Their adversaries said, We offend not - God has abandoned them; we are only fulfilling his designs in plaguing them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Offend not - i. e., “are not guilty.” Israel having left the fold, has no owner, and may therefore be maltreated with impunity. Habitation of justice - In Jeremiah 31:23 applied to Jerusalem: here, Yahweh alone is the true pasturage, in whom His people will find safety, rest, and plenty.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7This verse continues the metaphor of lost sheep (Jeremiah 50:6), linking Israel's vulnerability to attack with their turning away from the Lord. Their enemies justified mistreating Israel by claiming the Israelites had sinned against the Lord. These enemies knew that the Israelites' true place of rest and hope was with the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. devoured--(Psa 79:7). "Found them" implies that they were exposed to the attacks of those whoever happened to meet them. adversaries said--for instance, Nebuzara-dan (Jr 40:2, 3; compare Zec 11:5). The Gentiles acknowledged some supreme divinity. The Jews' guilt was so palpable that they were condemned even in the judgment of heathens. Some knowledge of God's peculiar relation to Judea reached its heathen invaders from the prophets (Jr 2:3; Da 9:16)…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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