New King James Version
Jeremiah 50:7
7All 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.’
Jeremiah 50:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- 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 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 toward it, saying, ‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.’ 6“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray; They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their resting place. 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.’ 8“Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the land of the Chaldeans; And be like the rams before the flocks. 9For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- 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 50:17“Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
- Jeremiah 12:7“I have forsaken My house, I have left My 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 an open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 56:9All you beasts of the field, come to devour, All you beasts in the forest.
- Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holiness to the Lord, The firstfruits of His increase. All that devour him will offend; Disaster will come upon them,” says the Lord.’ ”
- Jeremiah 40:2And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him: “The Lord your God has pronounced this doom on this place.
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
- Daniel 9:6Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.
- Zechariah 1:15I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; For I was a little angry, And they helped—but with evil intent.”
- Zechariah 11:5whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do not pity them.
- Jeremiah 31:23Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: ‘The Lord bless you, O home of justice, and mountain of holiness!’
- Psalms 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Jeremiah 14:8O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, Why should You be like a stranger in the land, And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
- Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered 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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