Jeremiah 50:11
Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied,' says the Lord.'
Cross References
Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me.Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Psalms 79:1A Psalm by Asaph.God, the nations have come into your inheritance.They have defiled your holy temple.They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Proverbs 17:5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker.He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; on the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
Jeremiah 50:17'Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken 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 →