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Break open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain. Completely destroy her and leave her no remnant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Yes, come against her from distant lands. Break open her granaries. Crush her walls and houses into heaps of rubble. Destroy her completely, and leave nothing!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Come against her from every quarter; open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction; let nothing be left of her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Come against her from the farthest border; Open her storehouses; Cast her up as heaps of ruins, And destroy her utterly; Let nothing of her be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come to her from the farthest border; Open up her barns, Pile her up like heaps of grain And completely destroy her, Let nothing be left to her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Come to her from the farthest border; Open up her barns, Pile her up like heaps And utterly destroy her, Let nothing be left to her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Come to her from the farthest border; Open up her barns, Pile her up like heaps And utterly destroy her, Let nothing be left to her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Come to her from the farthest border; Open up her barns; Pile her up like heaps, And devote her to destruction; Let nothing of her remain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses; Pile it up like heaps of rubbish. Burn <i>and</i> destroy her completely; Let nothing be left of her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come against her from the most distant places. Open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain and completely destroy her. Leave her no survivors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come against her from the most distant places. Open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain and completely destroy her. Leave her no survivors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Come against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Come from far away, you enemies of Babylon! Pile up the grain from its storehouses, and destroy it completely, along with everything else. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Attack them from a distance, open their storehouses, pile up their corpses like piles of grain, claim them for me by destroying them, and don't leave anyone behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Attack it from every side and break open the places where its grain is stored! Pile up the loot like piles of grain! Destroy the country! Leave nothing at all! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Come to her from afar. Open up her barns. Pile her up like heaps of grain, and completely destroy her. Don't leave any survivors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Come from far away and attack Babylonia! Open up the places where she stores her grain! Pile her up in ruins! Destroy her completely! Do not leave anyone alive! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Come against her from the utmost border, open her store-houses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Come in to her from the extremity, "" Open her storehouses, "" Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, "" Let her have no remnant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Come ye in to her from the extremity, Open ye her storehouses, Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, Let her have no remnant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Come ye against her from the extremity; open her store-houses: cast her up as heaps and exterminate her: there shall be no remnant to her.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Come ye against her from the uttermost borders: open that they may go forth that shall tread her down: take the stones out of the way, and make heaps, and destroy her: and let nothing of her be left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Advance against her from the furthest regions! Open, so that those who will trample her may go out! Take stones from the road, and gather them into piles, and destroy her. And let there be nothing left of her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Come upon them from every side, open their granaries, Pile them up in heaps and put them under the ban; do not leave a remnant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Come against her from every quarter; open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain, and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Come against her from round about her, open her gates; leave her as a naked woman and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Come against her from around her. Open her gates! Strip her naked and destroy her and do not leave her a remnant!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Come against her from every quarter, open her granaries, Cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; Let nothing of her be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For her times are come: open ye her storehouses: search her as a cave, and utterly destroy her: let there be no remnant of her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-26.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=15536" 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">25</span>The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·’ū- (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Come</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">against her</a> <a href="/hebrew/7093.htm" title="7093: miq·qêṣ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- End. Contracted from qatsats; an extremity; adverbially after.">from the farthest border.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: piṯ·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">Break open</a> <a href="/hebrew/3965.htm" title="3965: ma·’ă·ḇu·se·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Granary. From 'abac; a granary.">her granaries;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5549.htm" title="5549: sāl·lū·hā (V-Qal-Imp-mp:: 3fs) -- To lift up, cast up. A primitive root; to mound up; figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose.">pile her up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: ḵə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/6194.htm" title="6194: ‘ă·rê·mîm (N-fp) -- A heap. (Jer. 50:26) or (feminine) aremah; from aram; a heap; specifically, a sheaf.">mounds of grain.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2763.htm" title="2763: wə·ha·ḥă·rî·mū·hā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to seclude; specifically to devote to religious uses; physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose.">Devote her to destruction;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tə·hî- (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7611.htm" title="7611: šə·’ê·rîṯ (N-fs) -- Rest, residue, remnant, remainder. From sha'ar; a remainder or residual portion.">survivors.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>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.…<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/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6-9</a></span><br />Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-8</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.” / 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. ...<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="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-6</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a></span><br />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!”<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/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-24</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a></span><br />“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="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8-10</a></span><br />For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. / Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1-3</a></span><br />After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! / For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” / And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Isaiah 46:1-2</a></span><br />Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal. / The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.</p><p class="hdg">against</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">Jeremiah 50:41</a></b></br> Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27,28</a></b></br> Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26</a></b></br> And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:</p><p class="hdg">the utmost [heb] the end </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Jeremiah 50:10</a></b></br> And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-44.htm">Jeremiah 51:44</a></b></br> And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-3.htm">Isaiah 45:3</a></b></br> And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call <i>thee</i> by thy name, <i>am</i> the God of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">cast her up.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6</a></b></br> I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Isaiah 25:10</a></b></br> For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3,4</a></b></br> I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people <i>there was</i> none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment… </p><p class="hdg">destroy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Jeremiah 50:13,15,23</a></b></br> Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25,26,64</a></b></br> Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a></b></br> I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-27.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">Barns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-17.htm">Border</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-35.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-14.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Devote</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Farthest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/psalms/144-13.htm">Granaries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-21.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-5.htm">Open</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Pile</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Quarter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Sheaves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-10.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Storehouses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Store-Houses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-32.htm">Utmost</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-50.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Barns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Border</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/daniel/11-44.htm">Devote</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-31.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">Farthest</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-12.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Granaries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-50.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-12.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-5.htm">Pile</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-31.htm">Quarter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Sheaves</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-9.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Storehouses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Store-Houses</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Utmost</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Utterly</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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Historically, Babylon was a dominant empire, and its fall was prophesied as a significant event. The "farthest border" suggests that the invaders would come from distant lands, possibly referring to the Medes and Persians who eventually conquered Babylon. This aligns with the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17</a>, where God stirs up the Medes against Babylon. The comprehensive nature of the attack symbolizes God's complete judgment against the city for its idolatry and oppression.<p><b>Break open her granaries;</b><br>Granaries were essential for storing food and sustaining a population, especially in a city as large as Babylon. Breaking them open signifies not only the physical destruction but also the economic and social collapse of the city. In biblical times, granaries represented wealth and security, and their destruction would lead to famine and chaos. This act is a metaphor for stripping Babylon of its resources and power, as seen in other prophetic literature like <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Joel 1:17</a>, where the destruction of storehouses is a sign of divine judgment.<p><b>Pile her up like mounds of grain.</b><br>This imagery of piling up like mounds of grain suggests complete devastation and ruin. In an agricultural society, mounds of grain would typically signify abundance and prosperity. However, in this context, it is a picture of Babylon's destruction being as thorough and visible as heaps of harvested grain. The reversal of fortune is a common theme in prophetic writings, where the proud and mighty are brought low, as seen in the fall of other cities like Tyre in <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Ezekiel 26:4-5</a>.<p><b>Devote her to destruction;</b><br>The phrase "devote her to destruction" uses the Hebrew concept of "herem," which means to utterly destroy something as an offering to God. This was often used in the context of holy war, where cities and peoples were completely destroyed as an act of divine judgment, as seen in the conquest of Canaan (<a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Joshua 6:17</a>). This indicates that Babylon's destruction is not just a military conquest but a divinely ordained act of judgment for its sins, including idolatry and oppression of God's people.<p><b>Leave her no survivors.</b><br>This phrase underscores the totality of Babylon's judgment, leaving no remnant of its former power or population. It reflects the severity of God's judgment against those who oppose Him and His people. Historically, while Babylon was conquered, the city itself was not immediately destroyed, but over time it fell into ruin, fulfilling the prophecy. This complete desolation is echoed in <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a>, where Babylon's fall is depicted as final and irreversible, symbolizing the ultimate defeat of evil in the world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The primary subject of this prophecy, Babylon was a powerful empire known for its wealth and military might. In this context, it represents a nation under divine judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered this message. He was called by God to speak to the nations, including pronouncing judgment on Babylon.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_invaders.htm">The Invaders</a></b><br>Though not named specifically in this verse, they are the agents of God's judgment, called to come from the "farthest border" to execute His will against Babylon.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/granaries.htm">Granaries</a></b><br>Symbolic of Babylon's wealth and resources, which are to be opened and plundered as part of the divine judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_remnant.htm">The Remnant</a></b><br>The concept of leaving "no remnant" signifies total destruction, emphasizing the completeness of God's judgment against Babylon.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_is_inevitable.htm">Divine Judgment is Inevitable</a></b><br>God's judgment against Babylon serves as a reminder that no nation or power is beyond His reach. This calls believers to live righteously and align with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_earthly_wealth.htm">The Futility of Earthly Wealth</a></b><br>Babylon's granaries, once symbols of prosperity, become targets of destruction. This teaches that material wealth is temporary and should not be our ultimate pursuit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The prophecy underscores God's control over world events. Believers can trust in His ultimate plan and justice, even when worldly powers seem dominant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>While Babylon faces destruction, the broader biblical account invites individuals and nations to repent and turn to God to avoid such judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_readiness.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Readiness</a></b><br>Just as Babylon was unprepared for its downfall, believers are encouraged to remain spiritually vigilant and prepared for Christ's return.<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_verify_godand#8217;s_temple_threat_in_jer_26.htm">In Jeremiah 26:1-6, how do we verify historically or archaeologically that God threatened the temple's destruction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_external_evidence_of_jeremiah's_trial.htm">In Jeremiah 26:10-11, why is there no clear external evidence of formal court proceedings against Jeremiah outside the biblical record?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_jeremiah's_prophecy_exaggerated.htm">In Jeremiah 26:7-9, could Jeremiah's prophecy have been exaggerated or misunderstood, given the intense reaction of the people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_jeremiah_spoke_god's_words.htm">In Jeremiah 26:12-15, what proof exists that Jeremiah truly spoke God's words and not his own personal agenda?</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>(26) <span class= "bld">Open her storehouses.</span>--The noun is not found elsewhere. Probably <span class= "ital">granaries </span>would be a better rendering. The word for "heaps" is used in Song <a href="/songs/7-2.htm" title="Your navel is like a round goblet, which wants not liquor: your belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.">Song of Solomon 7:2</a>; <a href="/ruth/3-7.htm" title="And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.">Ruth 3:7</a> for "heaps of corn," and this is probably its meaning here. In <a href="/nehemiah/4-2.htm" title="And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?">Nehemiah 4:2</a>, however, it is used of heaps of rubbish. The stored-up provisions of the captured city are to be piled up in its open places, as men pile the sheaves of corn after harvest, and burnt (for "destroy" read <span class= "ital">devote to destruction</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>as had been done, <span class= "ital">e.g., </span>in the capture of Jericho and other cities (<a href="/joshua/6-24.htm" title="And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.">Joshua 6:24</a>; <a href="/context/joshua/11-12.htm" title="And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.">Joshua 11:12-13</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Let nothing of her be left.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">let there be no remnant, </span>as in marked contrast with the "remnant" of Israel (<a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm" title="In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.">Jeremiah 50:20</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Come against her;</span> rather, Come to her. Dr. Payne Smith infers that Babylon has already fallen, and that the persons addressed are not warriors only, but plunderers of every kind. This is almost too subtle. The prepositions "to" and "against' (literally, upon) are so frequently interchanged (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Jeremiah 46:22</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/49-9.htm">Jeremiah 49:9</a>). <span class="cmt_word">From the utmost border;</span> rather, <span class="accented">all</span> to<span class="accented">gether</span>; it is an idiom expressing universality. Those who are spoken of are regarded as a totality, "from the utmost end" of which its members come. <span class="cmt_word">Cast her up as heaps;</span> rather, <span class="accented">Cast it up as sheaves</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> ransack the repositories of Babylon's wealth, and heap it up like corn; last of all, <span class="cmt_word">destroy her</span> (rather, <span class="accented">it</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>utterly</span>. The verb is a very emphatic one. Its primary meaning is "to cut off, or shut off." Hence <span class="accented">kherem</span>, a devoted thing, is applied in the Law to that which is "tabooed," as it were, cut off from any but sacred uses. In <a href="/leviticus/27-21.htm">Leviticus 27:21</a> it is used of a field wholly appropriated to the sanctuary, and in <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">1 Samuel 15:21</a> and <a href="/1_kings/20-42.htm">1 Kings 20:42</a> to living beings doomed to destruction. Destruction is generally a part of the meaning; but it is not merely destruction, but an act of homage to the Divine justice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-26.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">Come</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּֽאוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(bō·’ū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<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">against her</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֤הּ</span> <span class="translit">(lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the farthest border.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקֵּץ֙</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qêṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7093.htm">Strong's 7093: </a> </span><span class="str2">An extremity, after</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Break open</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּתְח֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(piṯ·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her granaries;</span><br /><span class="heb">מַאֲבֻסֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ma·’ă·ḇu·se·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3965.htm">Strong's 3965: </a> </span><span class="str2">A granary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pile her up</span><br /><span class="heb">סָלּ֥וּהָ</span> <span class="translit">(sāl·lū·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5549.htm">Strong's 5549: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mound up, to exalt, to oppose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like</span><br /><span class="heb">כְמוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·mōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mounds of grain.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲרֵמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·rê·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6194.htm">Strong's 6194: </a> </span><span class="str2">A heap, a sheaf</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Completely destroy her;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַחֲרִימ֑וּהָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥă·rî·mū·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2763.htm">Strong's 2763: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">leave her no</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">survivors.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁאֵרִֽית׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·’ê·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7611.htm">Strong's 7611: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rest, residue, remnant, remainder</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:26 Come against her from the utmost border (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:27" /></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>