Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 50:2
2“Declare it among the nations and proclaim! Raise a banner, announce, hide nothing! Say: ‘Babylon will be captured, Bel put to shame, Merodach dismayed, her images disgraced, her idols shattered!’
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.
- New International Version (NIV)“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.’
- 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.’
Context of Jeremiah 50:2
1The word that Adonai spoke about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet: “Declare it among the nations and proclaim! Raise a banner, announce, hide nothing! Say: ‘Babylon will be captured, Bel put to shame, Merodach dismayed, her images disgraced, her idols shattered!’ 3For a nation comes up against her out of the land of the north —it will desolate her land. No one will dwell there— they have fled, gone, both man and beast.” 4“In those days and at that time” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “the children of Israel will come, together with the children of Judah, weeping as they come, and will seek Adonai their God.
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 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 31:10Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “Because you were exalted in height —its top set up among leafy branches, its heart haughty in its height—
- Ezekiel 46:14Also you will prepare a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to Adonai continually. It is perpetual statute.
- Psalms 64:9So their tongue will be their downfall. All who see them will flee away.
- Psalms 96:3Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.
- Isaiah 12:4In that day you will say: “Give thanks to Adonai. Proclaim His Name! Declare His works to the peoples, so they remember His exalted Name.
- Isaiah 48:6You have heard. See all of it. So will you not admit it? I proclaim to you new things from now on—hidden things that you have not known.
- Isaiah 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. It will come about that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Revelation 14:6And then I saw another angel flying high in the sky, having a timeless message of good news to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
- Isaiah 13:2Lift up a banner on a bare mountain, raise a voice to them, wave a hand, so that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
- Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon is fallen! Shattered! Howl over her! Bring balm for her wound. Perhaps she may be healed?
- Isaiah 21:9Look! Here comes a chariot of men, with a pair of horsemen.” Then one answered and said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods are broken on the ground.”
- Revelation 14:8Another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great— she who made all nations drink of the wine of the fury of her immorality.”
- Revelation 18:2He cried out with a mighty voice, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a den for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit and for every unclean bird and for every unclean and detestable beast.
- Jeremiah 51:44I will punish Bel in Babylon— What he swallowed I will make him disgorge out of his mouth. Nations will no longer stream to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen!
- Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down; Nebo stoops over. Their idols are for beasts and cattle. The things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.
- Jeremiah 52:31Now it came to pass on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, that King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, and released him out of 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
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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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