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Jeremiah 50:30
30Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 50:30
28Listen to the fugitives and refugees from Babylon declaring in Zion how the Lord our God has taken vengeance, vengeance for his temple. 29“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who draw the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her for her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord. 31“See, I am against you, you arrogant one,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty, “for your day has come, the time for you to be punished. 32The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her.”
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 50:30 word by word
לָכֵ֛ן יִפְּל֥וּ בַחוּרֶ֖יהָ בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָ וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁ֨י מִלְחַמְתָּ֥הּ יִדַּ֛מּוּ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore shall her young menבָּחוּרbâchûr bâchûr · youthH970
- fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
- in the streetsרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
- and all her menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- shall be cut offדָּמַםdâmam · to silence: silentH1826
- in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:30
- Jeremiah 9:21Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares.
- Jeremiah 18:21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives be made childless and widows; let their men be put to death, their young men slain by the sword in battle.
- Jeremiah 48:15Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
- Jeremiah 49:26Surely, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord Almighty.
- Jeremiah 51:3Let not the archer string his bow, nor let him put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her army.
- Isaiah 13:15Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror.
- Jeremiah 51:56A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:30
- 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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30Skilled archers would kill the Babylonian soldiers, just as those soldiers had killed others in battle. This was the Lord’s way of judging the ruthless empire builders who had defied the one true God by worshiping other gods (Jeremiah 50:38).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. (See on Jr 49:26). in the streets--The Babylonians were so discouraged by having lost some battles that they retired within their walls and would not again meet Cyrus in the field.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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