Jeremiah 50:35

Jeremiah 50:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
• New International Version (NIV)“A sword against the Babylonians!” declares the Lord— “against those who live in Babylon and against her officials and wise men!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her officials and her wise men!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“A sword is against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord, “Against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes and her wise men.

Context of Jeremiah 50:35

33This is what the Lord of armies says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, And the sons of Judah as well; And all who took them captive have held them firmly, They have refused to let them go. 34Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of armies is His name; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring rest to their land, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon. A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord, “And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her leaders and her wise men! 36A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her warriors, and they will be shattered! 37A sword against their horses, against their chariots, And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

Jeremiah 50:35 word by word

חֶ֥רֶב עַל־כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י בָבֶ֔ל וְאֶל־שָׂרֶ֖יהָ וְאֶל־חֲכָמֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• And againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• leadersשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450

Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:35

• Jeremiah 47:6Ah, sword of the Lord, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Rest and stay still.
• Leviticus 26:25I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send a plague among you, so that you will be handed over to the enemy.
• Isaiah 66:16For the Lord will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on humanity, And those put to death by the Lord will be many.
• Ezekiel 14:2And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
• Hosea 11:6And the sword will whirl against their cities, And will destroy their oracle priests And consume them, because of their counsels.
• Zechariah 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd Who abandons the flock! A sword will be on his arm And on his right eye! His arm will be totally withered, And his right eye will be blind.”
• Jeremiah 50:27Put all her bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.
• Jeremiah 51:39When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And make them drunk, so that they may rejoice in triumph, And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
• Isaiah 41:25“I have put one from the north into motion, and he has come; From the rising of the sun he will call on My name; And he will come upon rulers as upon mortar, As the potter treads on clay.”
• Daniel 5:1Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
• Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are put to shame, They are dismayed and caught; Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, So what kind of wisdom do they have?
• Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For it is Your due! For among all the wise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.
• Isaiah 19:11The officials of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
• Isaiah 29:14Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the understanding of their men who have understanding will be concealed.”
• Isaiah 44:25Causing the omens of diviners to fail, Making fools of fortune-tellers; Causing wise men to turn back And making their knowledge ridiculous,
• Isaiah 47:13You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35A sword - War and its calamities, or any grievous plague; and so in the following verses.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Omit “is.” A summons comes from Yahweh, Israel‘s Goel, to the sword to fall upon all the elements of Babylon‘s greatness. The princes were her rulers at home and her generals in war. The wise men were those upon whose learning she so prided herself (Daniel 1:4 note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-46Verses 33-46 It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon's sin, and their punishment. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-38Babylon would face the same violence it had inflicted on others. The same accusations were made against Babylon as against Israel, Judah, Egypt, and their neighbors. They all worshiped idols instead of the one true God. The sword of destruction refers to the Persian army.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3735-37. The repetition of "A sword" in the beginning of each verse, by the figure anaphora, heightens the effect; the reiterated judgment is universal; the same sad stroke of the sword is upon each and all connected with guilty Babylon. wise men--(Is 47:13). Babylon boasted that it was the peculiar seat of wisdom and wise men, especially in astronomy and astrology.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 50:35

• Chaldeans

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• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Wise men
• Desolation
• Exile
• Armor; Arms
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

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