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They will become weaklings. A sword against her treasures! They will be plundered. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> The sword will strike her horses and chariots and her allies from other lands, and they will all become like women. The sword will strike her treasures, and they all will be plundered. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst, that they may become women! A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered! <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> A sword is against their horses, Against their chariots, And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst; And they will become like women. A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “A sword against their horses, against their chariots, And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “A sword against their horses and against their chariots, And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! <a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreign troops that are in her midst, And they will become [as weak and defenseless as] women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! <a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A sword is against his horses and chariots and against all the foreigners among them, and they will be like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A sword is against his horses and chariots and against all the foreigners among them, and they will be like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then your chariot horses and the foreigners in your army will refuse to go into battle, and the enemy will carry away everything you treasure. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> A sword is upon their horse, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A sword will kill their horses, their chariots, and all the foreigners within their ranks. They will become women. A sword will destroy their treasures, and they will be looted. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> Destroy its horses and chariots! Death to its hired soldiers--how weak they are! Destroy its treasures; plunder and loot. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> A sword against her horses, against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst. They'll become women. A sword against her treasures. They'll be plundered. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered. <a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder! <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. <a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> A sword [is] on his horses and on his chariot, "" And on all the rabble who [are] in her midst, "" And they have become women; A sword [is] on her treasuries, "" And they have been spoiled; <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> A sword is on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who are in her midst, And they have become women; A sword is on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled; <a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> A sword against his horses and against his chariots, and against all the mixture which is in her midst; and they were for women: a sword against her treasures, and they were plundered.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> A sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the people that are in the midst of her: and they shall become as women: a sword upon her treasures, and they shall be made a spoil. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> A sword is for their horses, and for their chariots, and for all the common people who are in her midst. And they will be like women. A sword is for her storehouses, and they will be plundered. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> A sword upon their motley throng, and they become women! A sword upon their treasures, and they are plundered; <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst, so that they may become women! A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> A sword is upon her horses and upon her chariots and upon all sojourners that are in the midst of her; and they shall become cowards; a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be plundered. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> A sword against her horses and against her chariots and against all the inhabitants within her, and they shall be as women. A sword on her treasures, and they shall be plundered!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, And upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, And they shall become as women; A sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> a sword upon their warriors and upon the mixed people in the midst of her; and they shall be as women: a sword upon the treasures, and they shall be scattered upon her water, <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-37.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=15675" 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">The Destruction of Babylon</a> …36A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror. 37<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.">A sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">is against</a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: sū·sāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">her horses</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: riḵ·bōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">chariots</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">and against</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6154.htm" title="6154: hā·‘e·reḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Arabia -- mixture, mixed company. Or mereb,; from arab; the web; also a mixture.">the foreigners</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">in her midst,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and they will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: lə·nā·šîm (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">like women.</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.">A sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">is against</a> <a href="/hebrew/214.htm" title="214: ’ō·wṣ·rō·ṯe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse. From 'atsar; a depository.">her treasuries,</a> <a href="/hebrew/962.htm" title="962: ū·ḇuz·zā·zū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To spoil, plunder. A primitive root; to plunder.">and they will be plundered.</a> 38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.…<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/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a> This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a> “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.” <a href="/ezekiel/30-24.htm">Ezekiel 30:24-25</a> I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. / I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt. <a href="/nahum/3-13.htm">Nahum 3:13</a> Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars. <a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-18</a> 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. ... <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2</a> A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.” <a href="/isaiah/14-6.htm">Isaiah 14:6</a> It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. <a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Isaiah 19:16</a> In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them. <a href="/isaiah/10-13.htm">Isaiah 10:13-14</a> For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. / My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’” <a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a> I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay. <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</a> And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16-17</a> And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. / For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. <a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7-8</a> As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” <a href="/revelation/19-18.htm">Revelation 19:18</a> so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-24</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.” ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mingled people that are in the middle of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures; and they shall be robbed.their horses<a href="/jeremiah/51-21.htm">Jeremiah 51:21</a> And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;<a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7,8</a> Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God… <a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a> He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.all the<a href="/jeremiah/25-20.htm">Jeremiah 25:20,24</a> And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, … <a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm">Ezekiel 30:5</a> Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.as women<a href="/jeremiah/48-41.htm">Jeremiah 48:41</a> Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.<a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Jeremiah 51:30</a> The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.<a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Isaiah 19:16</a> In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.her treasures<a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Jeremiah 50:26</a> 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.<a href="/isaiah/45-3.htm">Isaiah 45:3</a> 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 thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Mingled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Plundered</a> <a href="/job/30-12.htm">Rabble</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Ranks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Robbed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Store-Houses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-4.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Treasuries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Troops</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-24.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-21.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-24.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-42.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm">Mingled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-46.htm">Plundered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Rabble</a> <a href="/joel/2-7.htm">Ranks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-18.htm">Robbed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-55.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Store-Houses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Treasuries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-14.htm">Troops</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Horses and chariots were symbols of strength and warfare in ancient times, often representing a nation's ability to wage war and defend itself. The imagery of a sword against them indicates a decisive and overwhelming defeat. This aligns with the broader biblical theme of God opposing the proud and powerful, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/isaiah/31.htm">Isaiah 31:1-3</a>, where reliance on horses and chariots is contrasted with trust in God.and against all the foreigners in her midst Babylon was a cosmopolitan empire, home to many foreigners due to its conquests and trade. This phrase suggests that not only the native Babylonians but also the foreign mercenaries and residents would face judgment. Historically, Babylon was known for its diverse population, which included people from various conquered lands. The inclusion of foreigners in this judgment underscores the totality of Babylon's downfall, as seen in other prophetic texts like <a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-16</a>.and they will become like women In the cultural context of ancient times, this phrase implies a loss of courage and strength, as women were often stereotypically viewed as less capable in battle. This is not a commentary on gender but rather a reflection of the cultural perceptions of the time. The imagery is used to convey the idea of complete demoralization and helplessness in the face of divine judgment, similar to the descriptions found in <a href="/nahum/3-13.htm">Nahum 3:13</a>.A sword is against her treasuries Babylon was renowned for its wealth and opulence, with vast treasuries accumulated from its conquests and trade. The mention of a sword against these treasuries indicates that Babylon's economic power would also be destroyed. This reflects the biblical principle that material wealth cannot save a nation from divine judgment, as echoed in <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a>, which states that riches do not profit in the day of wrath.and they will be plundered The plundering of Babylon's treasuries signifies the complete stripping away of its wealth and resources. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled when the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon, as recorded in <a href="/daniel/5.htm">Daniel 5</a>. The plundering serves as a reminder of the transient nature of earthly riches and the ultimate sovereignty of God over nations, a theme prevalent throughout the prophetic books.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> The primary subject of <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Jeremiah 50</a>, Babylon is the empire that conquered Judah and took the Israelites into exile. This chapter prophesies its downfall. 2. <a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a> Refers to the mercenaries or foreign soldiers within Babylon's army. Their presence indicates Babylon's reliance on external forces for military strength. 3. <a href="/topical/h/horses_and_chariots.htm">Horses and Chariots</a> Symbolize military power and might. In ancient warfare, horses and chariots were crucial for battle success. 4. <a href="/topical/t/treasures.htm">Treasures</a> Represents the wealth and resources of Babylon, which were amassed through conquest and trade. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sword.htm">Sword</a> A metaphor for divine judgment and destruction. It signifies God's instrument of punishment against Babylon.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_is_inevitable.htm">Divine Judgment is Inevitable</a> God's judgment against Babylon serves as a reminder that no nation or power is beyond His reach. He holds all accountable for their actions. <a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god_over_human_strength.htm">Reliance on God Over Human Strength</a> The downfall of Babylon's military might underscores the futility of relying on human power. Believers are encouraged to trust in God rather than worldly resources. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_arrogance.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Arrogance</a> Babylon's wealth and power led to pride, which ultimately resulted in its downfall. Christians are warned against the dangers of pride and self-reliance. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> This passage reaffirms that God is in control of history and the rise and fall of nations. Believers can find comfort in His ultimate authority. <a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_treasures.htm">The Transience of Earthly Treasures</a> Babylon's plundered treasures remind us that material wealth is temporary. Christians are called to store up treasures in heaven.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 50</a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_babylon-jerusalem_ties.htm">How do we address the lack of extrabiblical records confirming Babylon's interactions with Jerusalem in Jeremiah 37?</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/why_did_god_say_zedekiah_won't_die_by_sword.htm">Jeremiah 34:3 - How could God promise Zedekiah would not die by the sword if 2 Kings 25:7 says Nebuchadnezzar blinded him and took him captive?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_zedekiah_seek_jeremiah's_prophecy.htm">Why would King Zedekiah, who ignored God, privately seek Jeremiah's prophecy in Jeremiah 37:17, and does this align with his other actions?</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>(37) And upon all the mingled people . . .--The phrase is the same as in <a href="/jeremiah/25-20.htm" title="And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,">Jeremiah 25:20</a>. Here it is used of the auxiliaries of Babylon, which were probably as numerous, and to a large extent the same, as those of Persia. (See Note on <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm" title="For, see, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.">Jeremiah 50:9</a>.) The "treasures" point to the wealth in which Babylon exulted, and which gave to her the epithet of the "Golden City" (<a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm" title="That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!">Isaiah 14:4</a>). Even under the Persian monarchy 'schylus uses "gold-abounding" as a normal epithet for it. (Pers?, 53.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 37. - The mingled people; rather, the foreign peoples. Even if in <a href="/jeremiah/25-20.htm">Jeremiah 25:20</a> the Hebrew 'erebh is an ethnographical term reminding us of the Assyrian Urbi used of Bedouin tribes, it is clear that no such explanation will suit here (see on Jeremiah 25:20). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>A sword חֶ֜רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword is against אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to her horses סוּסָ֣יו (sū·sāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> A swallow, swift (type of bird) and chariots רִכְבּ֗וֹ (riḵ·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone and against וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the foreigners הָעֶ֛רֶב (hā·‘e·reḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6154.htm">Strong's 6154: </a> Arabia -- mixture, mixed company in her midst, בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre and they will become וְהָי֣וּ (wə·hā·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be like women. לְנָשִׁ֑ים (lə·nā·šîm) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female A sword חֶ֥רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword is against וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to her treasuries, אוֹצְרֹתֶ֖יהָ (’ō·wṣ·rō·ṯe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_214.htm">Strong's 214: </a> Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse and they will be plundered. וּבֻזָּֽזוּ׃ (ū·ḇuz·zā·zū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_962.htm">Strong's 962: </a> To spoil, plunder <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-37.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is on their horses (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:38" /></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>