Jeremiah 50:33
Thus says the Lord of hosts: "The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
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Exodus 5:2Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
Exodus 9:2For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
Isaiah 14:17who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who did not release his prisoners to their home?"
Isaiah 49:24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
Isaiah 52:4For thus says the Lord God, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
Jeremiah 30:20Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:22-33
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 21 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. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware:… Read the whole commentary →