Jeremiah 50:37

They will strike their horses and chariots and the foreigners who are in the army of Babylonia, and they will all become as weak as [MET] women. They will seize [MTY] all the valuable things there in Babylon and take them away.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

In Context

36They will strike their false prophets with swords and they will become foolish. They will strike the strongest warriors of Babylonia, and they will all be terrified.

38I will cause the streams to become dry. I will do all those things because the entire land of Babylonia is filled with idols, and those horrible idols have caused the people who worship them to become crazy.

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Cross References

Psalms 46:9He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows and arrows; he destroys spears; he burns up shields.

Isaiah 19:16At that time, the people of Egypt will be as helpless as [SIM] women. They will tremble, being terrified because they know that the Commander of the armies of angels has raised his fist, ready to strike/punish them.

Jeremiah 25:20and to foreigners who were living there. In the vision I also went to Uz land and to Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod cities and gave some of the wine to the kings of those places.

Jeremiah 48:41Its cities will be captured, its fortresses will be seized. Even their warriors will be afraid, like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth.

Jeremiah 50:26So, you enemies of Babylonia, come from distant lands and attack it. Break open the places where they store the grain. Crush the walls of the city and the houses and pile up the rubble like [SIM] heaps of grain. Destroy everything; do not leave anything that is not destroyed.

Jeremiah 51:30When their enemies attack, the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. The enemy soldiers will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars of the city gates.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:34-46

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord , and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon… Read the whole commentary →

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