Jeremiah 50:21

Go up against Eretz Meratayim, even against it, 1 and against the inhabitants of Pekod; 1 lay waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Hashem, 1 and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

In Context

20In those yamim, and at that time, saith Hashem, the avon Yisroel shall be searched for, and there shall be none; and the chattot Yehudah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I preserve as remnant. 1

22A sound of milchamah is in ha'aretz, 1 and of shever gadol (great destruction). 1

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Cross References

Numbers 31:14And Moshe was in wrath with the pekudei hechayil (officers of the army), with the sarim over thousands, and sarim over hundreds, which were returning from the milchamah of the army.

1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both ish and isha, olel, and yonek, shor, seh, gamal, and chamor.

2 Samuel 16:11And Dovid said to Avishai, and to all his avadim, Hinei, beni, which came forth from within me, seeketh my nefesh; how much more now may this Ben-HaYemini (Benjamite) do it? Let him alone, and let him curse; for Hashem hath bidden him.

2 Chronicles 36:23Thus saith Koresh Melech Paras (Persia), Kol Mamlechot HaAretz (all the kingdoms of the earth) hath Hashem Elohei HaShomayim given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a Beis in Yerushalayim, which is in Yehudah. Who is there among you of all His people? Hashem Elohav be with him and let him go up! + 36:23 The glory cloud that appears at the dedication of both the wilderness Mishkan and the Beis HaMikdash of Sh'lomo HaMelech is a prophetic type and foreshadow of the Moshiach and the coming sod hitgashmut — see 2Chr 5:7-14; Ex 40:34-35; Yn 1:1,14

Isaiah 44:28That saith of Koresh (Cyrus), He is Ro'i (My Shepherd), 1 and shall accomplish all My pleasure; 1 even saying to Yerushalayim: Thou shalt be rebuilt; 1 and to the Heikhal: Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isaiah 48:15I, even I, have spoken; indeed, I have called him; + 48:15 i.e., Cyrus 1 I have brought him, and He shall make his derech successful. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:10-21

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord . 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the… Read the whole commentary →

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