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Her soldiers will all be killed,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will perish on that day,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,&#8221 declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore her young men will fall in her open squares, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her soldiers will be destroyed on that day,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares; all the warriors will perish in that day. This is the LORD’s declaration.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares; all the warriors will perish in that day. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />People of Babylon, I, the LORD, promise that even your best soldiers will lie dead in the streets. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why their young men will die in the streets, and all their soldiers will be silenced that day," declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So its young men will be killed in the city streets, and all its soldiers will be destroyed on that day. I, the LORD, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, her warriors will fall in her streets, and all her soldiers will be silenced on that day," declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,? declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day," says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore her young men fall in her broad places, "" And all her men of war are cut off in that day,” "" A declaration of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all her men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of her war shall be destroyed in that day, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets: and all her men of war shall hold their peace in that day, saith the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be silenced, in that day, says the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore their young men shall fall in the squares, all their warriors shall be stilled on that day— oracle of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be silenced on that day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this her young men shall fall within her, and all her mighty warriors shall be silenced in that day<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore shall her young men fall in her broad places, And all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, Saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her warriors shall be cast down, saith the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-30.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=15593" 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">29</span>Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. <span class="reftext">30</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/970.htm" title="970: ḇa·ḥū·re·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A young man. Or bachur; participle passive of bachar; properly, selected, i.e. A youth.">her young men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: yip·pə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/7339.htm" title="7339: bir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯe·hā (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A broad open place, plaza. Or rchowb; from rachab; a width, i.e. avenue or area.">in the streets,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’an·šê (N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">her warriors</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: mil·ḥam·tāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1826.htm" title="1826: yid·dam·mū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- A prim root; to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish.">will be silenced</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">in that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">31</span>“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-18</a></span><br />Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. / Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. / Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a></span><br />Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9</a></span><br />These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10</a></span><br />Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31-32</a></span><br />I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction. / You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</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.<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="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</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.<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/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a></span><br />But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/30-4.htm">Ezekiel 30:4</a></span><br />A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6</a></span><br />Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, said the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">her young</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21</a></b></br> For death is come up into our windows, <i>and</i> is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, <i>and</i> the young men from the streets.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21</a></b></br> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their <i>blood</i> by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and <i>be</i> widows; and let their men be put to death; <i>let</i> their young men <i>be</i> slain by the sword in battle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm">Jeremiah 48:15</a></b></br> Moab is spoiled, and gone up <i>out of</i> her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name <i>is</i> the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="hdg">all her</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Jeremiah 50:36</a></b></br> A sword <i>is</i> upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword <i>is</i> upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">Jeremiah 51:56,57</a></b></br> Because the spoiler is come upon her, <i>even</i> upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15</a></b></br> And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-38.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-32.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Soldiers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-22.htm">War</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-34.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-55.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-53.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Soldiers</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-12.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-4.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">War</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "young men" symbolize the strength and future of a nation, often representing soldiers and warriors. The imagery of them falling in the streets suggests a complete and public defeat, emphasizing the totality of God's judgment. This prophecy aligns with the historical fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians in 539 BC, as recorded in <a href="/daniel/5.htm">Daniel 5</a>. The fall of Babylon serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over nations and His ability to bring down even the mightiest empires.<p><b>and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,</b><br>The silencing of warriors signifies the cessation of Babylon's military power and influence. In ancient cultures, warriors were not only defenders but also symbols of a nation's pride and strength. The phrase "in that day" often refers to a specific time of divine intervention or judgment. This connects to the broader biblical theme of the "Day of the Lord," a time when God executes justice and fulfills His promises. The silencing of Babylon's warriors can be seen as a fulfillment of earlier prophecies, such as those in <a href="/isaiah/13.htm">Isaiah 13 and 47</a>, which also predict Babylon's downfall.<p><b>declares the LORD.</b><br>This declaration underscores the authority and certainty of the prophecy. When the LORD speaks, it is a guarantee of fulfillment, reflecting His omnipotence and faithfulness. The use of "declares the LORD" is a common prophetic formula that authenticates the message as coming directly from God. It serves as a reminder that the events described are not merely historical occurrences but are orchestrated by divine will. This assurance of God's control over history provides comfort to believers, affirming that God's purposes will ultimately prevail, as seen throughout the biblical narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Jeremiah is known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of God upon Judah and other nations, including Babylon.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>A powerful empire during the time of Jeremiah, Babylon is often depicted as a symbol of pride and opposition to God. In this chapter, Babylon is the subject of God's judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/y/young_men_and_soldiers.htm">Young Men and Soldiers</a></b><br>These represent the strength and military might of Babylon, which God declares will be defeated.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who is the ultimate authority and judge over nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_the_lord.htm">The Day of the LORD</a></b><br>A prophetic term often used to describe a time of divine intervention and judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their destinies. No empire, regardless of its power, can withstand His judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Babylon's fall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. Nations and individuals alike must humble themselves before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>The prophecy against Babylon assures us that God's justice will prevail. This should encourage believers to live righteously and trust in God's timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy_in_scripture.htm">The Role of Prophecy in Scripture</a></b><br>Prophecies like those in Jeremiah remind us of God's faithfulness to His word. They encourage us to study and understand the full counsel of Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>While judgment is severe, it also brings hope for the oppressed. God's justice ensures that evil will not prevail indefinitely.<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_did_400_men_escape_on_camels.htm">How did only 400 men escape on camels if David and his men fought so extensively (1 Samuel 30:17)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_plausible_only_men_30-50_served.htm">Numbers 4:3 - How historically plausible is the requirement that only men aged 30 to 50 perform such physically demanding tasks for the Tabernacle?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_threats_to_jeremiah_align_with_divine_protection.htm">Jeremiah 11:18-23: How do these threats on Jeremiah's life align with the idea of divine protection for those who follow God's will?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david's_men_fight_nonstop.htm">How could David and his men realistically fight from dusk until the following evening without rest (1 Samuel 30:17)?</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>(30) <span class= "bld">Therefore shall her young men fall . . .</span>--The verse is reproduced almost <span class= "ital">literatim </span>from the prophecy against Damascus in <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm" title="Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, said the LORD of hosts.">Jeremiah 49:26</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 30.</span> - With the exception of "her" in the second clause, a repetition of <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Jeremiah 49:26</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-30.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">Therefore,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֵ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her young men</span><br /><span class="heb">בַחוּרֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇa·ḥū·re·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_970.htm">Strong's 970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Selected, a youth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפְּל֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yip·pə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the streets;</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(bir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7339.htm">Strong's 7339: </a> </span><span class="str2">A broad open place, plaza</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her soldiers</span><br /><span class="heb">אַנְשֵׁ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(’an·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will perish</span><br /><span class="heb">יִדַּ֛מּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yid·dam·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1826.htm">Strong's 1826: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֖וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day,”</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Jeremiah 50:30 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/50-30.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:30 Therefore shall her young men fall (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:31" /></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>