📖 Jeremiah — Chapter 50 (KJV)
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Jeremiah 50:1 The word that the LORD spake Ragainst Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans Tby Jeremiah the prophet.
Jeremiah 50:2 RDeclare ye among the nations, and publish, and Tset 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.
Jeremiah 50:3 For Rout of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Jeremiah 50:4 In Rthose days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 50:5 They shall Rask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 50:6 My Rpeople hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their Trestingplace.
Jeremiah 50:7 All that found them Rhave devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Jeremiah 50:8 Remove Rout of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
Jeremiah 50:9 For, lo, RI 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 Texpert man; none shall return in vain.
Jeremiah 50:10 And RChaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:11 Because Rye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown Tfat as the heifer at grass, and Tbellow as bulls;
Jeremiah 50:12 Your Rmother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah 50:13 RBecause of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Jeremiah 50:14 Put yourselves Rin array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:15 RShout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
Jeremiah 50:16 Cut off Rthe sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the Tsickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is Ra scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Jeremiah 50:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, Ras I have punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50:19 And I will Rbring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
Jeremiah 50:20 RIn those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
Jeremiah 50:21 Go up against the land Tof RMerathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of TPekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Jeremiah 50:22 RA sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Jeremiah 50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Jeremiah 50:24 I have laid a Rsnare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:25 The LORD hath Ropened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 50:26 Come Ragainst her Tfrom the utmost border, open her storehouses: Tcast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
Jeremiah 50:27 Slay all her Rbullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah 50:28 The Rvoice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah 50:29 Call together Rthe archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:30 Therefore shall Rher young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, RI am against thee, O thou Tmost proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
Jeremiah 50:32 And RTthe most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
Jeremiah 50:33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: Rand all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Jeremiah 50:34 Their RRedeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:35 A Rsword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Jeremiah 50:36 A sword is Rupon the Tliars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is upon Rtheir horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Jeremiah 50:38 RA drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jeremiah 50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jeremiah 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Jeremiah 50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 50:42 They shall Rhold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:43 The Rking of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 50:44 Behold, he shall come up Rlike a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will Tappoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jeremiah 50:45 Therefore Rhear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
Jeremiah 50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Jeremiah 50:1–16 — Babylon falls and wandering sheep return
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Babylon’s gods are put to shame and an enemy comes from the north. Israel and Judah seek the Lord together, while the lost-sheep image exposes failed shepherding and the people are called to leave Babylon.
Key Truth: Seek renewed covenant faithfulness after wandering.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “The ____ that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land …” (Jeremiah 50:1)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “For, lo, I will ____ and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of …” (Jeremiah 50:9)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:9 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for ____ of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to …” (Jeremiah 50:16)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:16 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Jeremiah 50:17–31 — The oppressor answers to the Lord
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Assyria and Babylon are named as predators against Israel, yet restoration and pardon are promised. Babylon’s pride, violence, and contention with the Lord bring a summons against it.
Key Truth: Do not mistake permission to exercise power for freedom from judgment.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “And I will bring ____ again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel …” (Jeremiah 50:19)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:19 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “I have ____ a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O …” (Jeremiah 50:24)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:24 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “____ , I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith …” (Jeremiah 50:31)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:31 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Jeremiah 50:32–46 — A strong Redeemer confronts Babylon’s strength
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Proud Babylon stumbles while Israel and Judah’s Redeemer pleads their cause. Sword, drought, desolation, and a northern army expose the end of the oppressor’s seeming permanence.
Key Truth: Hope in the Redeemer rather than oppressive power.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “And the ____ proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him …” (Jeremiah 50:32)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:32 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Therefore the ____ beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the …” (Jeremiah 50:39)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:39 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “At the ____ of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and …” (Jeremiah 50:46)
Find it in Jeremiah 50:46 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Jeremiah 23:3 — The earlier promise gathers scattered sheep.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What would returning to faithful belonging look like after a season of wandering?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How are Israel and Judah pictured in the restoration movement?
2. What role do the shepherds play in the lost-sheep image?
3. How are Assyria and Babylon linked in the scattered-sheep account?
4. What does the promise of searching for iniquity emphasize?
5. Why is Israel’s Redeemer described as strong?
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