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Jeremiah 50:30–34

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50:30So her young men will fall in her city squares.

All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time,”

says the Lord.75

50:31“Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,”76

says the Lord God who rules over all.77

“Indeed,78 your day of reckoning79 has come,

the time when I will punish you.80

50:32You will stumble and fall, you proud city;

no one will help you get up.

I will set fire to your towns;

it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”81

50:33The Lord who rules over all82 says,

“The people of Israel are oppressed.

So too are the people of Judah.83

All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners.

They refuse to set them free.

50:34But the one who will rescue them84 is strong.

He is known as the Lord who rules over all.85

He will strongly86 champion their cause.

As a result87 he will bring peace and rest to the earth,

but trouble and turmoil88 to the people who inhabit Babylonia.89

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Footnotes

  1. 75 Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
  2. 76 Heb “Behold, I am against you, proud one.” The word “city” is not in the text but it is generally agreed that the word is being used as a personification of the city which had “proudly defied” the Lord (v. 29). The word “city” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
  3. 77 Heb “oracle of the Lord Yahweh of armies.” For the rendering of this title and an explanation of its significance see the study note on .
  4. 78 The particle כִּי (ki) is probably asseverative here (so J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah [], , n. 13, and cf. 472 כִּי 1.e for other examples). This has been a common use of this particle in the book of Jeremiah.
  5. 79 The words “of reckoning” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
  6. 80 Compare v. 27.
  7. 81 Heb “And the proud one will fall and there will be no one to help him up. I will start a fire in his towns and it will consume all that surround him.” The personification continues but now the stance is indirect (third person) rather than direct (second person). It is easier for the modern reader who is not accustomed to such sudden shifts if the second person is maintained. The personification of the city (or nation) as masculine is a little unusual; normally cities and nations are personified as feminine, as daughters or mothers.
  8. 82 Heb “Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of this title see the study note on .
  9. 83 Heb “Oppressed are the people of Israel and the people of Judah together,” i.e., both the people of Israel and Judah are oppressed. However, neither of these renderings is very poetic. The translation seeks to achieve the same meaning with better poetic expression.
  10. 84 Heb “their redeemer.” The Hebrew term “redeemer” referred in Israelite family law to the nearest male relative who was responsible for securing the freedom of a relative who had been sold into slavery. For further discussion of this term as well as its metaphorical use to refer to God as the one who frees Israel from bondage in Egypt and from exile in Assyria and Babylonia see the study note on .
  11. 85 Heb “Yahweh of armies is his name.” For the rendering of this title see the study note on .
  12. 86 Or “he will certainly champion.” The infinitive absolute before the finite verb here is probably functioning to intensify the verb rather than to express the certainty of the action (cf. §112.n and compare usage in Gen 43:3 and 1 Sam 20:6 listed there).
  13. 87 This appears to be another case where the particle לְמַעַן (léma’an) introduces a result rather than giving the purpose or goal. See the translator’s note on for a listing of other examples in the book of Jeremiah and also the translator’s note on .
  14. 88 Heb “he will bring rest to the earth and will cause unrest to.” The terms “rest” and “unrest” have been doubly translated to give more of the idea underlying these two concepts.
  15. 89 This translation again reflects the problem often encountered in these prophecies where the Lord appears to be speaking but refers to himself in the third person. It would be possible to translate here using the first person as and do. However, to sustain that over the whole verse results in a considerably greater degree of paraphrase. The verse could be rendered “But I am strong and I will rescue them. I am the Lord who rules over all. I will champion their cause. And I will bring peace and rest to.…”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.

“Behold, I am against you, O proud one,

declares the Lord God of hosts,

for your day has come,

the time when I will punish you.

The proud one shall stumble and fall,

with none to raise him up,

and I will kindle a fire in his cities,

and it will devour all that is around him.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go. Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets;

all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”

declares the Lord.

“See, I am against you, you arrogant one,”

declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,

“for your day has come,

the time for you to be punished.

The arrogant one will stumble and fall

and no one will help her up;

I will kindle a fire in her towns

that will consume all who are around her.”

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“The people of Israel are oppressed,

and the people of Judah as well.

All their captors hold them fast,

refusing to let them go.

Yet their Redeemer is strong;

the Lord Almighty is his name.

He will vigorously defend their cause

so that he may bring rest to their land,

but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, her young men will fall

in her public squares;

all the warriors will perish in that day.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Look, I am against you, you arrogant one—

this is the declaration of

the Lord God of Armies—

for your day has come,

the time when I will punish you.

The arrogant will stumble and fall

with no one to pick him up.

I will set fire to his cities,

and it will consume everything around him.

This is what the Lord of Armies says:

Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.

All their captors hold them fast;

they refuse to release them.

Their Redeemer is strong;

the Lord of Armies is his name.

He will fervently champion their cause

so that he might bring rest to the earth

but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Her young men will fall in the streets and die.

Her soldiers will all be killed,”

says the Lord.

“See, I am your enemy, you arrogant people,”

says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

“Your day of reckoning has arrived—

the day when I will punish you.

O land of arrogance, you will stumble and fall,

and no one will raise you up.

For I will light a fire in the cities of Babylon

that will burn up everything around them.”

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:

“The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged.

Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.

But the one who redeems them is strong.

His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

He will defend them

and give them rest again in Israel.

But for the people of Babylon

there will be no rest!

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore her young men will fall in her public squares,

and all her soldiers will perish on that day,” declares Yahweh.

“Look, I am against you, O arrogant one,”

declares Lord Yahweh of hosts,

“for your day has come,

the time when I will punish you.

And the arrogant one will stumble and fall,

and there is no one who raises him up.

And I will kindle a fire in his cities,

and it will devour everything around him.”

Thus says Yahweh of hosts:

“The people of Israel are oppressed,

and the people of Judah likewise,

for all their captors have seized them,

they refuse to let them go free.

Their redeemer is strong,

his name is Yahweh of hosts.

Surely he will plead their case,

in order to make peace for the earth,

but to cause unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets,

And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.

Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud,

Saith the Lord God of hosts:

For thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

And the 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.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together:

And all that took them captives held them fast;

They refused to let them go.

Their Redeemer 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.

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