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They will take up their positions against her, and from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> For I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. They will join forces to attack Babylon, and she will be captured. The enemies’ arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “For behold, I am going to rouse and bring up against Babylon A contingent of great nations from the land of the north, And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon A horde of great nations from the land of the north, And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon A horde of great nations from the land of the north, And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the land of the north, And they will arrange their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like a warrior who makes one childless Who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “For behold, I will stir up and bring up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country. They will equip themselves and set up the battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who will not return empty-handed. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company 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 an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> In the north I am bringing great nations together. They will attack Babylon and capture it. The arrows they shoot are like the best soldiers, always finding their target. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> For, lo, I will stir up 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 an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I am going to stir up an alliance of strong nations from the north and bring it against Babylon. Those nations will take up positions against Babylon. Babylon will be captured from the north. Its enemy's arrows will be like skilled soldiers who don't come back empty-handed. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> I am going to stir up a group of strong nations in the north and make them attack Babylonia. They will line up in battle against the country and conquer it. They are skillful hunters, shooting arrows that never miss the mark. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> Indeed, I'm going to stir up and bring against Babylon a great company of nations from the land of the north. They'll deploy for battle against her, and from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a skilled warrior; they won't miss their targets. <a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For, look, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows shall be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For lo, I will raise and cause to come 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.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. <a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For behold, I am stirring up, "" And am causing to come up against Babylon, "" An assembly of great nations from [the] land of the north, "" And they have set in array against her, "" From there she is captured, "" Its arrow—as a skillful hero—does not return empty, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For behold I raise up and bring up against Babel a convocation of great nations from the land of the north: and they arranged against her; from thence she shall be taken: his arrow as of a strong destroyer shall not turn back in vain.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For behold I raise up, and will bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north: and they shall be prepared against her, and from thence she shall be taken: their arrows, like those of a mighty man, a destroyer, shall not return in vain. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For behold, I am raising up, and I will lead against Babylon, a congregation of great nations from the land of the north. And they will be prepared against her, and from there she will be taken. Their arrows, like those of a strong man, a killer, will not return empty. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> See, I am stirring up against Babylon a band of great nations from the land of the north; They are arrayed against her, from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warrior who never returns empty-handed. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For I am going to stir up and bring against Babylon a company of great nations from the land of the north; and they shall array themselves against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come against Babylon a multitude of many 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 those of an expert archer; none shall return empty. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because, behold, I stir up and I bring up against Babel a multitude of many Gentiles from the land of the North, and they shall be set in array against her, and from there she shall be seized; their arrows shall be as a man who shoots and returns not empty<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For, lo, I will stir up 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 man that maketh childless; None shall return in vain. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=15315" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Hope for Israel and Judah</a> …8Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock. 9<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: mê·‘îr (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">stir up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ū·ma·‘ă·leh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: qə·hal- (N-msc) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">an assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·lîm (Adj-mp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">of great</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">from the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/6828.htm" title="6828: ṣā·p̄ō·wn (N-fs) -- North. Or tsaphon; from tsaphan; properly, hidden, i.e. Dark; used only of the north as a quarter.">of the north.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6186.htm" title="6186: wə·‘ā·rə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To set in a, row, arrange, put in order. A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order.">They will line up</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">against her;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">from the north</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: til·lā·ḵêḏ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">she will be captured.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671: ḥiṣ·ṣāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear.">Their arrows</a> <a href="/hebrew/7919.htm" title="7919: maš·kîl (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be, circumspect, intelligent. A primitive root; to be circumspect and hence, intelligent.">will be like skilled</a> <a href="/hebrew/1368.htm" title="1368: kə·ḡib·bō·wr (Prep-k:: Adj-ms) -- Strong, mighty. Or gibbor; intensive from the same as geber; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant.">warriors</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">who do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">return</a> <a href="/hebrew/7387.htm" title="7387: rê·qām (Adv) -- Emptily, vainly. From reyq; emptily; figuratively ineffectually, undeservedly.">empty-handed.</a> 10Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17</a> Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Isaiah 13:4-5</a> Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. / They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country. <a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a> I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay. <a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a> This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2</a> A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.” <a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Isaiah 48:14</a> Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans. <a href="/ezekiel/38-4.htm">Ezekiel 38:4</a> I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords. <a href="/ezekiel/39-2.htm">Ezekiel 39:2</a> I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel. <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6</a> For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16-17</a> And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. / For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</a> 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.” <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a> 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.” <a href="/revelation/18-20.htm">Revelation 18:20</a> Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her. <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a> 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.” <a href="/revelation/19-19.htm">Revelation 19:19</a> Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For, see, 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 there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.I will raise<a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3,21,26,41,42</a> 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, they shall depart, both man and beast… <a href="/jeremiah/15-14.htm">Jeremiah 15:14</a> And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.<a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1-4,11,27,28</a> Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; … they shall<a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Jeremiah 50:14,29</a> Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD… expert man.<a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm">2 Samuel 1:22</a> From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.<a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18</a> Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-3.htm">Array</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-16.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-37.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Company</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-21.htm">Country</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-2.htm">Expert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-27.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-22.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-2.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">North</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-29.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-38.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Vain</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Array</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-40.htm">Company</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-19.htm">Country</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm">Expert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-22.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">North</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Vain</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a> </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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This phrase indicates divine intervention where God orchestrates the rise of nations against Babylon. Historically, this refers to the Medes and Persians, led by Cyrus the Great, who conquered Babylon in 539 BC. The "land of the north" often symbolizes a place of impending judgment in biblical prophecy, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/1-14.htm">Jeremiah 1:14-15</a>. This assembly of nations fulfills earlier prophecies about Babylon's downfall (<a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17-19</a>). The gathering of nations also prefigures the ultimate judgment against spiritual Babylon in <a href="/revelation/17.htm">Revelation 17-18</a>.They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. The strategic military alignment against Babylon signifies a well-coordinated attack. Historically, the Medo-Persian forces approached from the north, capturing the city with minimal resistance. This aligns with the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/45.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a>, where God promises to open doors before Cyrus. The capture from the north emphasizes the fulfillment of God's word and the certainty of His judgments.Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. This imagery of arrows and skilled warriors highlights the effectiveness and precision of the invading forces. In ancient warfare, archers were crucial for weakening enemy defenses. The phrase suggests that the attackers will be successful and thorough, leaving no spoils behind. This can be seen as a metaphor for God's judgment being complete and inescapable, similar to the imagery in <a href="/psalms/127-4.htm">Psalm 127:4-5</a>, where arrows represent strength and victory. The prophecy underscores the certainty of Babylon's defeat and the futility of resisting God's ordained plans.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> A powerful empire known for its wealth and military might, often symbolizing pride and opposition to God in the Bible. 2. <a href="/topical/a/assembly_of_great_nations.htm">Assembly of Great Nations</a> Refers to the coalition of nations that God will raise against Babylon, indicating a divinely orchestrated judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/l/land_of_the_north.htm">Land of the North</a> Typically associated with regions like Media and Persia, which historically conquered Babylon. 4. <a href="/topical/s/skilled_warriors.htm">Skilled Warriors</a> Symbolizes the effectiveness and precision of the invading forces, emphasizing the certainty of Babylon's downfall. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who delivered God's message of judgment against Babylon, serving as a mouthpiece for divine prophecy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God orchestrates the rise and fall of nations according to His divine plan. Believers can trust in His ultimate control over world events. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Divine Judgment</a> Just as Babylon faced inevitable judgment, so too will all who oppose God. This serves as a warning to live righteously and align with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy.htm">The Role of Prophecy</a> Prophecies like Jeremiah's serve to affirm God's omniscience and faithfulness. They encourage believers to study and heed God's Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a> The fulfillment of prophecies demonstrates the power and reliability of God's Word. Believers are called to trust and obey Scripture. <a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a> While judgment is certain for the wicked, God provides hope and deliverance for those who remain faithful to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 50</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._50_9_match_babylon's_fall.htm">How does Jeremiah 50:9 align with recorded history of Babylon’s overthrow by the Medes and Persians, given the text’s specific military descriptions? </a> <a href="/q/why_did_babylon_last_after_isaiah_13_19.htm">If Isaiah 13:19 says Babylon will be overthrown like Sodom and Gomorrah, why did it continue as a functioning city for centuries afterward?</a> <a href="/q/is_2_kings_18_25_consistent_with_other_divine_judgments.htm">2 Kings 18:25 - Is the claim that the Assyrian king was acting by God's command consistent with other biblical accounts of divine judgment?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_50_15-16_call_for_babylon's_desolation.htm">In Jeremiah 50:15-16, why does the prophecy call for Babylon's complete desolation if archaeological evidence shows some continued habitation after its fall?</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>(9) An assembly of great nations from the north country.--Like all the great monarchies of the East, the Medo-Persian kingdom, which was to be the destroyer of Babylon, was made up of a congeries of many different races. Herodotus (vii. 61-69), in his account of the army of Xerxes, names twenty-two, from the Medes and Persians at the head of the list to the Arabians and Ethiopians at its close.From thence she shall be taken.--The Hebrew adverb may be taken either of time or place. The latter, as referring to the region from which the assailants come, gives the better sense.As of a mighty expert man.--The marginal rendering, "destroyer," follows the Vulgate and the Targum, and represents a various reading. There is no sufficient reason for rejecting the Authorised Version, which has the support of the LXX. and the Syriac versions.None shall return in vain.--Grammatically the words may refer either to the warrior or the arrow. The use of the same phrase in <a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm" title="From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.">2Samuel 1:22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm" title="So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.">Isaiah 55:11</a> is perhaps in favour of the latter.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - I will raise; literally, I will stir up (or, awaken); comp. <a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Jeremiah 6:22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17</a>. An assembly of great nations. So in a parallel prophecy, "the kingdoms of nations gathered together" (<a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Isaiah 13:4</a>). Callias in Ebers' learned story, 'The Egyptian Princess,' speaks of "an empire so casually heaped together, and consisting of seventy populations of different tongues and customs, as that of Persia." From thence; i.e. from the headquarters of the array of nations. As of a mighty expert man; rather, as of an expert warrior (or, mighty man). The marginal rendering of the Authorized Version represents a various reading of the Hebrew found in three old editions, and presupposed in the Targum and Vulgate, "one making childless," i.e. "a destroyer." The received reading, however, is self-evidently right. None shall return in vain. It seems doubtful whether this refers to the arrow or to the mighty man. The arrow may be said to "return [or, 'turn'] in vain" when it misses its aim or strikes the mark without piercing it (comp. <a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm">2 Samuel 1:22</a>, where, however, it is the sword which is thus spoken of); the mighty man when he retires from the field defeated. This wider use of the phrase is sanctioned by <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction behold, הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! I אָנֹכִ֡י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I stir up מֵעִיר֩ (mê·‘îr) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> To rouse oneself, awake and bring וּמַעֲלֶ֨ה (ū·ma·‘ă·leh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Babylon בָּבֶ֜ל (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city an assembly קְהַל־ (qə·hal-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation of great גְּדֹלִים֙ (gə·ḏō·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent nations גּוֹיִ֤ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts from the land מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of the north. צָפ֔וֹן (ṣā·p̄ō·wn) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6828.htm">Strong's 6828: </a> Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter They will line up וְעָ֣רְכוּ (wə·‘ā·rə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6186.htm">Strong's 6186: </a> To set in a, row, arrange, put in order against her; לָ֔הּ (lāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> from [the north] מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither she will be captured. תִּלָּכֵ֑ד (til·lā·ḵêḏ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere Their arrows חִצָּיו֙ (ḥiṣ·ṣāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2671.htm">Strong's 2671: </a> A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear will be like skilled מַשְׁכִּ֔יל (maš·kîl) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7919.htm">Strong's 7919: </a> To be, circumspect, intelligent warriors כְּגִבּ֣וֹר (kə·ḡib·bō·wr) Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1368.htm">Strong's 1368: </a> Powerful, warrior, tyrant who do not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no return יָשׁ֖וּב (yā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again empty-handed. רֵיקָֽם׃ (rê·qām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7387.htm">Strong's 7387: </a> Emptily, ineffectually, undeservedly <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:9 For behold I will stir up (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:10" /></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>