Jeremiah 50:2

Jeremiah 50:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim—do not conceal it— Say, ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated, Her images are broken in pieces.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Lord says: “Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back. Raise a signal flag to tell everyone that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.

Context of Jeremiah 50:2

1This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians: “Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, ‘Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror.’ 3A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it; both people and animals will flee away. 4“In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 50:2 word by word

הַגִּ֨ידוּ בַגּוֹיִ֤ם וְהַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ וּֽשְׂאוּ־נֵ֔ס הַשְׁמִ֖יעוּ אַל־תְּכַחֵ֑דוּ אִמְרוּ֩ נִלְכְּדָ֨ה בָבֶ֜ל הֹבִ֥ישׁ בֵּל֙ חַ֣ת מְרֹדָ֔ךְ הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ עֲצַבֶּ֔יהָ חַ֖תּוּ גִּלּוּלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• ye among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and publishשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: proclaimH8085
• and set upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• a standardנֵסnês · ensignH5251
• concealכָּחַדkâchad · to hideH3582
• not: sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• is takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• Belבֵּלbêl · BelH1078
• is confoundedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• Merodachמְרֹדָךְmerôdâk · MerodachH4781
• is broken in piecesחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• her idolsעָצָב‛âtsâb · idolH6091
• her imagesגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544

Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:2

• Ezekiel 31:10“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height,
• Ezekiel 46:14You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the Lord is a lasting ordinance.
• Psalms 64:9All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
• Psalms 96:3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
• Isaiah 12:4In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
• Isaiah 48:6You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.
• Isaiah 66:18“And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.
• Revelation 14:6Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.
• Isaiah 13:2Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.
• Jeremiah 51:8Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
• Isaiah 21:9Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!’ ”
• Revelation 14:8A second angel followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
• Revelation 18:2With a mighty voice he shouted: “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.
• Jeremiah 51:44I will punish Bel in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him. And the wall of Babylon will fall.
• Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary.
• Jeremiah 52:31In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Declare ye among the nations - God's determination relative to this empire. Set up a standard - Show the people where they are to assemble. Say, Babylon is taken - It is a thing so firmly determined, that it is as good as already done. Bel - The tutelar deity of Babylon is confounded, because it cannot save its own city. Merodach - Another of their idols, is broken to pieces; it was not able to save itself, much less the whole empire. Her idols are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Confounded … confounded - ashamed … ashamed. Merodach - This deity, in the inscriptions Marduk, was the tutelary god of Babylon, and Nebuchadnezzar, who called his son Evil-Merodach, appears to have been especially devoted to his service. He was really identical with Bel, and his equivalent among the planets was Jupiter: and as such he was styled “King of heaven and earth.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Raising a signal flag was a popular way to warn that an enemy was nearing a city (compare Isaiah 13:2). The people of Babylon would face divine judgment because they worshiped the gods Bel (the Babylonian name for Baal) and Marduk (the Babylonian god of wind, storm, and fertility).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Declare ... among ... nations--who would rejoice at the fall of Babylon their oppressor. standard--to indicate the place of meeting to the nations where they were to hear the good news of Babylon's fall [Rosenmuller]; or, the signal to summon the nations together against Babylon (Jr 51:12, 27), [Maurer]. Bel--the tutelary god of Babylon; the same idol as the Phoenician Baal, that is, lord, the sun (Is 46:1). confounded--because unable to defend the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 50:2

• Bel
• Iconoclasm
• Merodach
• Standard

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Bel
• Desolation
• Merodach
• Seraiah
• Bel, and the Dragon
• Confound
• 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