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Because of the sword of the oppressor let everyone return to their own people, let everyone flee to their own land. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> Take from Babylon all those who plant crops; send all the harvesters away. Because of the sword of the enemy, everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him who handles the sickle at harvest time. For fear of the oppressing sword Everyone shall turn to his own people, And everyone shall flee to his own land. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Eliminate the sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From the sword of the oppressor Each of them will turn back to his own people And each of them will flee to his own land. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Cut off the sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the sword of the oppressor They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Cut off the sower from Babylon, And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the sword of the oppressor They will each turn back to his own people, And they will each flee to his own land. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Cut off the sower from Babylon And the one who seizes the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the sword of the oppressor They will each turn back to his own people, And they will each flee to his own land. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Cut off the sower from Babylon And the one who handles the sickle at the time of harvest. For fear of the sword of the oppressor Everyone will return to his own people And everyone will flee to his own land. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon as well as him who wields the sickle at harvest time. Because of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon as well as him who wields the sickle at harvest time. Because of the oppressor&#8217s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> There is no one in Babylonia to plant or harvest crops. Even foreigners who lived there have left for their homelands, afraid of the enemy armies. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle 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. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't allow anyone in Babylon to plant or harvest. Everyone will turn to his own people and flee to his own homeland because of the enemies' swords. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> Do not let seeds be planted in that country nor let a harvest be gathered. Every foreigner living there will be afraid of the attacking army and will go back home." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> Eliminate from Babylon the one who plants seeds and the one who uses the sickle at harvest time. Because of the oppressor's sword, let each one turn toward his own people and flee to his own land." <a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor?s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land. <a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> Kill all the farmers who sow the seed in the land of Babylon. Kill all those who wield the sickle at harvest time. Let all the foreigners return to their own people. Let them hurry back to their own lands to escape destruction by that enemy army. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land."' <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, "" And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, "" Because of the oppressing sword, "" Each to his people—they turn, "" And each to his land—they flee. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, Because of the oppressing sword, Each unto his people -- they turn, And each to his land -- they flee. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Cut off him sowing from Babel, and him holding the sickle in time of harvest: from the face of the Grecian sword they shall turn a man to his people, and they shall flee a man to his land.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Destroy the sower out of Babylon, and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Destroy the founder from Babylon, and the one who holds the sickle in the time of harvest. Before the face of the sword of the dove, each one will turn back to his people, and every one will flee to his own land. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon and those who wield sickles at harvest time! Before the destroying sword, all of them turn back to their own people, all flee to their own land. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the wielder of the sickle in time of harvest; because of the destroying sword all of them shall return to their own people, and all of them shall flee to their own land.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Cut off from Babylon both the sower and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest; because of the fear of the oppressing sword, they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And destroy the Sower from Babel, and seize the sickle in time of harvest. Because of the sword that makes a man wretched, they shall turn to his people and they shall flee, each man, to his land<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him that handleth the sickle 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. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, and him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-16.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=15414" 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">Babylon's Fall is Certain</a> …15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her. 16<a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: kir·ṯū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">Cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: zō·w·rê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">the sower</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: mib·bā·ḇel (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">from Babylon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: wə·ṯō·p̄êś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">and the one who wields</a> <a href="/hebrew/4038.htm" title="4038: mag·gāl (N-ms) -- A sickle. From an unused root meaning to reap; a sickle.">the sickle</a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: qā·ṣîr (N-ms) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">at harvest</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bə·‘êṯ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">time.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">In the face of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3238.htm" title="3238: hay·yō·w·nāh (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress. A primitive root; to rage or be violent: by implication, to suppress, to maltreat.">the oppressor’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437: yip̄·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To turn. A primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. Appear, look, etc.">will turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">his own people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/5127.htm" title="5127: yā·nu·sū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To flee, escape. A primitive root; to flit, i.e. Vanish away.">will flee</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lə·’ar·ṣōw (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">to his own land.</a> <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/13-14.htm">Isaiah 13:14</a> Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land. <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Isaiah 47:15</a> This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you. <a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4</a> Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11</a> And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17-19</a> Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. / Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. / And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a> “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. <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-23</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” <a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a> Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!” <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</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. <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20</a> Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6</a> Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves. <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</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. <a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6</a> Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. <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="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-5</a> you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle 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.the sower<a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm">Jeremiah 51:23</a> I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.<a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Joel 1:11</a> Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.<a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16</a> Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.sickle.<a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm">Jeremiah 46:16</a> He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.<a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Jeremiah 51:9</a> We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.<a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Isaiah 13:14</a> And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-32.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/songs/5-5.htm">Handles</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-20.htm">Handleth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm">Oppressing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Oppressor</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-20.htm">Sickle</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Sower</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-37.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Wields</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-28.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Handles</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Handleth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">Oppressing</a> <a href="/daniel/11-20.htm">Oppressor</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Sickle</a> <a href="/matthew/13-3.htm">Sower</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Time</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Wields</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/50.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/50.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Cut off the sower from Babylon This phrase indicates a cessation of agricultural activity, symbolizing the end of prosperity and sustenance in Babylon. In ancient times, agriculture was the backbone of any civilization, and cutting off the sower signifies a divine judgment leading to famine and desolation. This aligns with the broader biblical theme of God’s judgment on nations that oppose His will, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a>, where Babylon's downfall is prophesied. The imagery of cutting off the sower also reflects the cessation of life and productivity, a common motif in prophetic literature.and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time The sickle is a tool used for reaping, and its mention here underscores the complete disruption of the harvest, a critical time for any agrarian society. This disruption is a direct consequence of divine judgment. The harvest is often used metaphorically in Scripture to represent judgment or the gathering of people, as seen in <a href="/matthew/13-39.htm">Matthew 13:39</a>, where the harvest symbolizes the end of the age. The cessation of the harvest in Babylon signifies the end of its abundance and the beginning of its downfall.In the face of the oppressor’s sword The oppressor's sword represents the invading forces that God uses as instruments of His judgment. Historically, this refers to the Medo-Persian conquest of Babylon, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2</a> and fulfilled in <a href="/daniel/5.htm">Daniel 5</a>. The sword is a common biblical symbol for war and divine retribution, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/21-9.htm">Ezekiel 21:9-11</a>. The oppressor's sword indicates the inevitability of Babylon's defeat and the execution of divine justice.each will turn to his own people This phrase suggests a scattering of the Babylonian population and foreign residents returning to their homelands. It reflects the disintegration of Babylon's power and influence, as people seek safety and identity among their own kin. This dispersion is reminiscent of the scattering at the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11-8.htm">Genesis 11:8-9</a>), where God confounded human pride and ambition. It also parallels the return of the Israelites from Babylonian exile, as prophesied in <a href="/jeremiah/29-14.htm">Jeremiah 29:14</a>.each will flee to his own land The flight to one's own land signifies the collapse of Babylon's empire, as people abandon the city in fear and desperation. This mirrors the exodus motif found throughout Scripture, where God delivers His people from oppression, as seen in the Israelites' escape from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-42</a>). The phrase underscores the theme of divine sovereignty, where God orchestrates the rise and fall of nations according to His purposes, as affirmed in <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Daniel 2:21</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> A significant empire in biblical history, known for its conquest of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem. In this context, Babylon is the subject of God's judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_sower_and_the_reaper.htm">The Sower and the Reaper</a> These represent the agricultural workers in Babylon, symbolizing the cessation of normal life and productivity due to impending judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_oppressor.htm">The Oppressor</a> Refers to the invading forces or the instruments of God's judgment against Babylon, causing fear and prompting people to flee. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a> Symbolizes warfare and divine judgment, a common biblical metaphor for God's instrument of justice. 5. <a href="/topical/e/each_to_his_own_people/land.htm">Each to His Own People/Land</a> Indicates the scattering of Babylon's inhabitants, a reversal of the exile experienced by the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God is in control of all nations and empires. No power is beyond His reach or judgment. This should encourage believers to trust in God's ultimate plan and justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_inevitability_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Inevitability of Divine Judgment</a> Just as Babylon faced judgment, all nations and individuals are accountable to God. This serves as a reminder to live righteously and align with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_powers.htm">The Transience of Earthly Powers</a> Earthly powers and empires are temporary. Believers should focus on eternal values and God's kingdom rather than worldly success or power. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_return.htm">The Call to Return</a> The scattering of Babylon's people symbolizes a return to one's roots. Spiritually, this can be seen as a call to return to God and His ways, especially in times of crisis. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_fear_in_judgment.htm">The Role of Fear in Judgment</a> Fear can drive people to seek safety and security. For Christians, true security is found in God, not in fleeing or relying on human strength.<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/what_defines_bioethics.htm">What role did Egyptians play in biblical narratives?</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 href="/q/how_does_isaiah_14_align_with_babylon's_fall.htm">How can Isaiah 14:4-23 be reconciled with historical records of Babylon's downfall, since some details seem unverified by archaeology?</a> <a href="/q/what_careers_suit_christians.htm">What careers are suitable for Christians to pursue?</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>(16) Cut off the sower . . .--The rich alluvial plains of Babylon, so plentiful that they yielded an increase of two hundred-fold (Herod. iii. 8), were to be laid waste. There may, possibly, be a special reference to the fields within the walls of the city, upon which the population largely depended, and which were now to be devastated. (Diod. Sic. ii. 9; Pliny, Hist. Nat. xi. 111.)For fear of the oppressing sword.--The versions present the same noticeable variations, as in <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm" title="He made many to fall, yes, one fell on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.">Jeremiah 46:16</a>, the LXX. giving "from the Greek sword," possibly with reference to the belief that Cyrus had subdued the 'olians and Ionians before the conquest of Babylon, and that they were fighting in his army, or to Alexander's capture of the city, and the Vulg. "from the sword of the dove," the latter rendering being supposed to refer to the dove on the Babylonian standard, as the emblem of Semiramis. Here, however, as Babylon is the object of attack, the latter allusion is scarcely applicable, and there is no sufficient reason for altering the English version. (See Note on <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm" title="He has forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.">Jeremiah 25:38</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm" title="He made many to fall, yes, one fell on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.">Jeremiah 46:16</a>.)They shall flee every one to his own land.--The words are significant as showing that the Jews were not the only people for whom the fall of Babylon was the signal of a return from exile. The policy of Nebuchadnezzar, like that of Assyria, had been to people his own territory with the captive populations of other countries, and Israel (as in <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm" title="Remove out of the middle of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.">Jeremiah 50:8</a>) was to lead the way in the return.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - Cut off the sower, etc. "Babylon" here probably means Babylonia, for it is clear from ver. 12 that the curse belongs to the country as well as the city of Babylon; indeed, "Babylon" in ver. 13 seems to be used in the wider sense. Others think of the open spaces within the walls of Babylon, in which it is said that crops were raised to provision the city in case of a siege (see Rawlinson, 'Ancient Monarchies,' 2:518); but this is less natural. They shall turn, etc. The subject is, not the husbandmen, but the strangers in Babylonia; comp. the parallel passage, <a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Isaiah 13:14</a>, on which this passage is based. AEsehylus ('Pers.,' 53) speaks of the Πάμμικτος ὄχλος in Babylon. Whether brought by force from their homes, like the Jews, or voluntary residents for the sake of commerce, all should hurry from the doomed city. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Cut off כִּרְת֤וּ (kir·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the sower זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ (zō·w·rê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify from Babylon, מִבָּבֶ֔ל (mib·bā·ḇel) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city and the one who wields וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ (wə·ṯō·p̄êś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably the sickle מַגָּ֖ל (mag·gāl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4038.htm">Strong's 4038: </a> A sickle at harvest קָצִ֑יר (qā·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb time. בְּעֵ֣ת (bə·‘êṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when In the face of מִפְּנֵי֙ (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the oppressor’s הַיּוֹנָ֔ה (hay·yō·w·nāh) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3238.htm">Strong's 3238: </a> To rage, be violent, to suppress, to maltreat sword, חֶ֣רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword each אִ֤ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person will turn יִפְנ֔וּ (yip̄·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm">Strong's 6437: </a> To turn, to face, appear, look to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to his own people, עַמּוֹ֙ (‘am·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock each וְאִ֥ישׁ (wə·’îš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person will flee יָנֻֽסוּ׃ (yā·nu·sū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5127.htm">Strong's 5127: </a> To flit, vanish away to his own land. לְאַרְצ֖וֹ (lə·’ar·ṣōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:17" /></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>