Jeremiah 50:14

Arrange yourselves against Babylon all around her. Everyone who bends a bow must shoot at her. 1 Do not keep back any of your arrows, for she has sinned against Yahweh. 1

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Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

In Context

13Because of Yahweh's anger, Babylon will not be inhabited, but will be a complete devastation. 1 Everyone who passes by will shudder because of Babylon and will hiss because all of its wounds. 1

15Raise a shout against her all around! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen; 1 her walls are torn down, for this is Yahweh's vengeance. 1 Take vengeance on her! Do to her just as she has done! 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 10:9When Joab saw the battle lines facing him both in front and behind, he chose some of Israel's best fighters and arranged them against the Arameans.

Isaiah 5:28Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are bent; 1 their horses' hooves are like flint, and their chariot wheels like storms. 1

Isaiah 13:17Look, I am about to stir up the Medes to attack them, 1 who will not be concerned about silver, nor do they delight in gold. 1

Jeremiah 49:35“Yahweh of hosts says this: See, I am about to break the bowmen of Elam, the main part of their power. 1

Jeremiah 50:9For see, I am about to set in motion and raise up a group of great nations from the north against Babylon. 1 They will arrange themselves against her. Babylon will be captured from there. 1 Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 1

Jeremiah 50:29“Summon the archers against Babylon—all those who bend their bows. 1 Camp against her, and let no one escape. 1 Repay her for what she has done. 1 Do to her by the measure she has used. 1 For she had defied Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel. 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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