Jeremiah 50:11
Because all of you were glad, because all of you rejoiced, O all of you destroyers of mine heritage, because all of you are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
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10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, says the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 22:12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psalms 79:1O god, the heathen are come into yours inheritance; your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into yours hand: you did show them no mercy; upon the ancient have you very heavily laid your yoke.
Jeremiah 5:28They are becoming fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar 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 →