Jeremiah 50:11

You rejoice, you celebrate the plundering of my inheritance; 1 you jump around like a calf stamping in its pasture; 1 you neigh like a powerful horse. 1

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Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

In Context

10Chaldea will become plunder. All those who plunder it will be satisfied—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

12So your mother will be greatly ashamed; the one who bore you will be embarrassed. 1 See, she will be the least of nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; 1 strong bulls of Bashan surround me. 1

Psalms 79:1God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance; 1 they have defiled your holy temple; 1 they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. 1

Proverbs 17:5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker 1 and the one who rejoices at misfortune will not go unpunished. 1

Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people; I defiled my heritage 1 and gave them over into your hand, but you showed them no mercy; 1 you placed a very heavy yoke on the old people. 1

Jeremiah 5:28They have become fat; they shine with well-being. They crossed over all bounds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause of the people, 1 or the cause of the orphan. They prosper even though they have not given justice to the needy. 1

Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a sheep scattered and driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him; 1 then after this, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon broke his bones.

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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