Jeremiah 50:9

For lo! I am rousing and bringing up against Babylon a gathered host of great nations, out of the land of the North, And they shall array themselves against her, From thence, shall she be captured,—His arrows, are as of a hero making childless, None shall return empty.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8Remove ye out of the midst of Babylon, And out of the land of the Chaldeans, come ye forth,—And become ye like he-goats before the flock;

10So shall the Chaldeans become a spoil,—All her spoilers, shall be satisfied, Declareth Yahweh;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan ne’er drew back,—and, the sword of Saul, ne’er returned, empty.

Isaiah 13:2Upon a bare mountain, lift ye up a standard, Raise high the voice to them, Wave the hand, That they may enter the doors of nobles.

Isaiah 21:2[So] hath, a grievous vision, been told me:—the deceiver, is deceiving. And the spoiler, is spoiling, Go up, O Elam Besiege O Media, All the sighing she hath caused, have I made to cease.

Isaiah 45:1Thus, saith Yahweh, to his Anointed, to Cyrus—Whose right hand I have firmly grasped To subdue before him, nations, And the loins of kings, will I ungird,—To open, before him, the two-leaved doors, And, the gates, shall not be shut:

Jeremiah 50:3For there hath come up against her—a nation out of the North The same, shall make her land an astonishment, And there shall be none to dwell therein,—Both man and beast, have removed—have gone.

Jeremiah 50:21Against the land of Merathaim, go thou up against her, And against the inhabitants of Pekod,—Lay waste and devote to destruction after them Declareth Yahweh, And do according to all which I have commanded thee.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:2-9

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove,… Read the whole commentary →

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