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Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Destroy even her young bulls— it will be terrible for them, too! Slaughter them all! For Babylon’s day of reckoning has come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Slay all her bulls, Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Put all her bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Kill all her young bulls [her strength—her young men]; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe (judgment is coming) to the Chaldeans, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them because their day has come, the time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, because their day has come, the time of their punishment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Kill the soldiers of Babylonia, because the time has come for them to be punished. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Kill all their young bulls. Let them go to be slaughtered. How horrible it will be for them when their time has come, the time for them to be punished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Kill all their soldiers! Slaughter them! The people of Babylonia are doomed! The time has come for them to be punished!" ( <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Put all her bulls to the sword, let them go down to the slaughter. How terrible for them because their day has come, the time of their judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come?the time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them. for their day has come, the time of their visitation."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Slay all her cows, they go down to slaughter, "" Woe [is] on them, for their day has come, "" The time of their inspection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe is on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Lay waste all her bullocks; come down to the slaughter: wo to them! for their day came, the time of their reviewing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Destroy all her valiant men, let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Scatter all her strong ones. Let them descend to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has arrived, the time of their visitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Slay all the oxen, take them down to slaughter; Woe to them! their day has come, the time of their punishment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Kill all her bulls, let them go down to the slaughter. Alas for them, their day has come, the time of their punishment!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Destroy her; and let all her offspring be delivered to the slaughter; woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Destroy her and all her fruit shall be handed over for slaughter! Woe upon them, because their day has arrived, the time of their sentence!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Slay all her bullocks, let them go down to the slaughter; Woe unto them! for their day is come, The time of their visitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=15550" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">The Destruction of Babylon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2717.htm" title="2717: ḥir·ḇū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill. Or chareb; a primitive root; to parch i.e. to desolate, destroy, kill.">Kill</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: pā·re·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">her young bulls;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yê·rə·ḏū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">let them go down</a> <a href="/hebrew/2874.htm" title="2874: laṭ·ṭā·ḇaḥ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Slaughtering, slaughter. From tabach; properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast; abstr. Butchery.">to the slaughter.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1945.htm" title="1945: hō·w (Interjection) -- Ah! alas! ha! A prolonged form of how; oh!">Woe</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·w·mām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">their day</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ḇā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">has come—</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ‘êṯ (N-csc) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">the time</a> <a href="/hebrew/6486.htm" title="6486: pə·qud·dā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Oversight, mustering, visitation, store. Feminine passive participle of paqad; visitation.">of their punishment.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-18</a></span><br />Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. / Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. / Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Isaiah 34:6-7</a></span><br />The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. / And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6-8</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21-23</a></span><br />Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities. / “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm">Ezekiel 21:14-17</a></span><br />‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side! / So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter. / Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18-19</a></span><br />O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. / There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-7.htm">Zephaniah 1:7-8</a></span><br />Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests. / “On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Ezekiel 32:4-6</a></span><br />I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you. / I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. / I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-5</a></span><br />This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.</p><p class="hdg">bullocks</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Jeremiah 50:11</a></b></br> Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/46-21.htm">Jeremiah 46:21</a></b></br> Also her hired men <i>are</i> in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, <i>and</i> are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, <i>and</i> the time of their visitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Psalm 22:12</a></b></br> Many bulls have compassed me: strong <i>bulls</i> of Bashan have beset me round.</p><p class="hdg">their day</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Jeremiah 50:31</a></b></br> Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, <i>O thou</i> most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time <i>that</i> I will visit thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/27-7.htm">Jeremiah 27:7</a></b></br> And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-44.htm">Jeremiah 48:44</a></b></br> He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, <i>even</i> upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-21.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">Kine</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-18.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-18.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-28.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-46.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-46.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-20.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/genesis/32-15.htm">Kine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-39.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-35.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-11.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-18.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient cultures, bulls often represented strength, fertility, and wealth. The "young bulls" could be seen as the leaders or warriors of Babylon, indicating a complete overthrow of their military might. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where God judges nations by dismantling their power structures (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Isaiah 34:7</a>).<p><b>let them go down to the slaughter.</b><br>The imagery of slaughter conveys the totality of the impending judgment. This phrase suggests a divinely ordained defeat, where the Babylonians are led to their demise as a consequence of their actions. The concept of going "down" may also imply a descent into Sheol, the realm of the dead, which is a common theme in prophetic literature (e.g., <a href="/ezekiel/32-18.htm">Ezekiel 32:18-32</a>).<p><b>Woe to them,</b><br>"Woe" is a term often used by prophets to announce impending doom or divine judgment. It serves as a lament and a warning, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation. This expression is frequently found in prophetic books, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, where it underscores the gravity of turning away from God.<p><b>for their day has come—</b><br>The "day" refers to the appointed time of judgment. In prophetic literature, the "day of the Lord" is a recurring theme, signifying a time when God intervenes in history to execute justice (e.g., <a href="/joel/2.htm">Joel 2:1-11</a>). This phrase indicates that the time for Babylon's reckoning has arrived, fulfilling the prophetic warnings given by Jeremiah and other prophets.<p><b>the time of their punishment.</b><br>This phrase confirms that the judgment is a direct consequence of Babylon's sins. The concept of divine retribution is central to the prophetic message, where nations and individuals are held accountable for their actions. This punishment is not arbitrary but is portrayed as a just response to Babylon's idolatry, oppression, and defiance against God. The idea of a set "time" for punishment aligns with the biblical understanding of God's sovereignty and justice, as seen in passages like <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:17</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire being addressed in this passage, known for its power and oppression of Israel and other nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/y/young_bulls.htm">Young Bulls</a></b><br>Symbolic of the strong and mighty men of Babylon, representing the nation's military strength and leadership.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/slaughter.htm">Slaughter</a></b><br>Refers to the impending judgment and destruction that God is pronouncing upon Babylon.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivers this message of judgment against Babylon.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_punishment.htm">The Day of Punishment</a></b><br>A specific time appointed by God for executing judgment on Babylon for its sins and transgressions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is in control of the rise and fall of nations. His judgments are just and timely.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_oppression.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Oppression</a></b><br>Babylon's downfall serves as a warning against pride and the oppression of others. Nations and individuals must humble themselves before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_promises.htm">The Certainty of God's Promises</a></b><br>Just as God promised judgment on Babylon and fulfilled it, His promises of both judgment and salvation are sure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Understanding God's judgment should lead us to repentance and a right relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_oppressed.htm">Hope for the Oppressed</a></b><br>God's judgment on Babylon is also a message of hope for those who have been oppressed, showing that God will ultimately bring justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 50</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_jeremiah_27_with_archaeology.htm">How do we address the discrepancy between Jeremiah 27's portrayal of divine judgment on nations and archaeological findings that may not support widespread destruction or subjugation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_mass_execution_in_ezekiel_9.htm">Are there any historical or archeological records supporting a mass execution in Jerusalem as described in Ezekiel 9?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_babylonian_empire.htm">What was the Babylonian Empire?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_threats_to_jeremiah_align_with_divine_protection.htm">Jeremiah 11:18-23: How do these threats on Jeremiah's life align with the idea of divine protection for those who follow God's will?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Slay all her bullocks.</span>--The words are probably to be taken figuratively of the captains and men of war of Babylon, as in <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm" title="Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.">Psalm 22:12</a>; <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm" title="And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.">Isaiah 34:7</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm" title="Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, said the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.">Jeremiah 48:15</a> (see Note), and <a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm" title="I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.">Jeremiah 51:40</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - In this verse we are told that the <span class="accented">kherem, i.e.</span> the Divine ban, falls upon the entire male population, as in the holy wars of Joshua (<a href="/joshua/6-21.htm">Joshua 6:21</a>; <a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11, 20</a>). <span class="cmt_word">All her bullocks.</span> As in <a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40</a> and <a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Isaiah 34:6</a>, the doomed people is likened to sacrificial victims (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Jeremiah 46:10</a>). The same fact is described without figure in <a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm">Jeremiah 48:15</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Go down to the slaughter;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> be forced down to the slaughtering trough. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Put all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her young bulls</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּרֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(pā·re·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the sword;</span><br /><span class="heb">חִרְבוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥir·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2717.htm">Strong's 2717: </a> </span><span class="str2">To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let them go down</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵרְד֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yê·rə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the slaughter.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַטָּ֑בַח</span> <span class="translit">(laṭ·ṭā·ḇaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2874.htm">Strong's 2874: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something slaughtered, a beast, butchery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Woe</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֣וֹי</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1945.htm">Strong's 1945: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ah! alas! ha!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their day</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹמָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has come—</span><br /><span class="heb">בָ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the time</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their punishment.</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(pə·qud·dā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6486.htm">Strong's 6486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oversight, mustering, visitation, store</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:27 Kill all her bulls (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>