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She surrenders, her towers fall, her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> Shout war cries against her from every side. Look! She surrenders! Her walls have fallen. It is the LORD’s vengeance, so take vengeance on her. Do to her as she has done to others! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> Shout against her all around; She has given her hand, Her foundations have fallen, Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so do to her. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has given herself up, her towers have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; As she has done to others, so do to her. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; As she has done to others, so do to her. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; As she has done to others, so do to her. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Raise a loud shout against her on every side! She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been pulled down. For this is the vengeance of Yahweh: Take vengeance on her; As she has done to others, so do to her. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Raise the battle cry against her on every side! She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; As she has done [to others], do to her. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her defense towers have fallen; her walls are demolished. Since this is the LORD’s vengeance, take your vengeance on her; as she has done, do the same to her. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her defense towers have fallen; her walls are demolished. Since this is the LORD&#8217s vengeance, take out your vengeance on her; as she has done, do the same to her. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Attack from every side! Babylon surrenders! The enemy tears down its walls and towers. I am taking my revenge by doing to Babylon what it did to other cities. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> Shout against her round about; she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD; take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Shout a war cry against them on every side. They'll surrender. Their towers will fall and their walls will be torn down. Since this is the LORD's vengeance, take revenge against them. Do to them what they did to others. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> Raise the war cry all around the city! Now Babylon has surrendered. Its walls have been broken through and torn down. I am taking my revenge on the Babylonians. So take your revenge on them, and treat them as they have treated others. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> Raise a battle cry against her on every side. She has surrendered, her pillars have fallen, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her. <a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> Shout the battle cry from all around the city. She will throw up her hands in surrender. Her towers will fall. Her walls will be torn down. Because I, the LORD, am wreaking revenge, take out your vengeance on her! Do to her as she has done! <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her towers are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Shout against her on every side; she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do to her. <a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of Yahweh. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Shout against her all around, "" She has given forth her hand, "" Her foundations have fallen, "" Her walls have been thrown down, "" For it [is] the vengeance of YHWH, "" Be avenged of her, as she did—do to her. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Shout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it is the vengeance of Jehovah, Be avenged of her, as she did -- do ye to her. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Shout against her round about: she gave her hand: her supports fell, her walls were pulled down: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: avenge ye upon her; as she did, do ye to her.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Shout against her, she hath every where given her hand, her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down, for it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance upon her: as she hath done, so do to her. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Cry out against her! For where she has put forth a hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls have been destroyed. For it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance against her! Just as she has done, do so to her. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> raise the war cry against it on every side. It surrenders, its bastions fall, its walls are torn down: This is retribution from the LORD! Take retribution on her, as she has done, do to her; for she sinned against the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Raise a shout against her from all sides, “She has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen, her walls are thrown down.” For this is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her, do to her as she has done.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Shout against her round about; she has surrendered, her foundations are fallen, her walls are demolished; for it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance upon her; as she has done to others, do so to her. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Blow the trumpet against her! From around her she has given her hand; her foundations have fallen! Her walls are pulled down, because that is her payment from LORD JEHOVAH. Be avenged on her! According to what she has done, do to her!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Shout against her round about, she hath submitted herself; Her buttresses are fallen, her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance upon her; As she hath done, do unto her. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-15.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=15394" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Babylon's Fall is Certain</a> …14Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD. 15<a href="/hebrew/7321.htm" title="7321: hā·rî·‘ū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To raise a shout, give a blast. A primitive root; to mar; figuratively, to split the ears, i.e. Shout.">Raise a war cry</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against her</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">on every side!</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯə·nāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">She has thrown up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">her hands in surrender;</a> <a href="/hebrew/803.htm" title="803: ʾaš·wī·yō·ṯɛ·hå̄ (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- Foundation. Feminine passive participle from an unused root meaning to found; foundation.">her towers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: nā·p̄ə·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">have fallen;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·w·mō·w·ṯe·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">her walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/2040.htm" title="2040: ne·her·sū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To throw down, break or tear down. A primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, &? Destroy.">are torn down.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Since</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5360.htm" title="5360: niq·maṯ (N-fsc) -- Vengeance. Feminine of naqam; avengement, whether the act of the passion.">is the vengeance</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.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5358.htm" title="5358: hin·nā·qə·mū (V-Nifal-Imp-mp) -- To avenge, take vengeance. A primitive root; to grudge, i.e. Avenge or punish.">take out your vengeance</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">upon her;</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">she has done,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śū- (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do the same</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">to her.</a> 16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.…<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="/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="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a> 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. ... <a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6-8</a> Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / 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="/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="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a> 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.” <a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a> Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!” <a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a> 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.” <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a> “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</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. <a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a> 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. <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-5</a> This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ... <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a> 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.” <a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-6</a> you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. / It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. <a href="/revelation/18-20.htm">Revelation 18:20</a> Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Shout against her round about: she has given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.Shout<a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14</a> The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.<a href="/joshua/6-5.htm">Joshua 6:5,20</a> And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him… <a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm">Ezekiel 21:22</a> At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.she hath<a href="/1_chronicles/29-24.htm">1 Chronicles 29:24</a> And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.<a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">2 Chronicles 30:8</a> Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.<a href="/lamentations/5-6.htm">Lamentations 5:6</a> We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.her foundations<a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25,44,58,64</a> Behold, I am 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… for it<a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Jeremiah 50:14,28</a> Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD… <a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Jeremiah 46:10</a> For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.<a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6,11,36</a> Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence… as she<a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Jeremiah 50:29</a> Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.<a href="/judges/1-6.htm">Judges 1:6,7</a> But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes… <a href="/1_samuel/15-33.htm">1 Samuel 15:33</a> And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Bulwarks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-37.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-24.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-20.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Side</a> <a href="/psalms/81-15.htm">Submitted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Surrenders</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-9.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-27.htm">Towers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Vengeance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-27.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Bulwarks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-55.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-17.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Round</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Side</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-6.htm">Submitted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Surrenders</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-11.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Towers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-28.htm">Vengeance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-12.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/50.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/50.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Raise a war cry against her on every side! This phrase indicates a call to battle, emphasizing the totality of the attack against Babylon. In the biblical context, Babylon represents a powerful empire that oppressed Israel and other nations. The call to surround and attack from every side signifies a complete and inescapable judgment. Historically, Babylon was a formidable city with strong defenses, making this call to surround it significant. This mirrors the siege warfare common in ancient times, where cities were encircled to cut off supplies and force surrender.She has thrown up her hands in surrender; The imagery of surrender highlights Babylon's defeat and helplessness. In ancient warfare, raising hands was a universal sign of giving up. This phrase suggests that despite Babylon's might, it will ultimately succumb to divine judgment. Theologically, it reflects the humbling of human pride before God's sovereignty. This surrender can be seen as a fulfillment of prophetic warnings given by Jeremiah and other prophets about Babylon's downfall.her towers have fallen; Towers were symbols of strength and defense in ancient cities. The fall of Babylon's towers signifies the collapse of its military power and defenses. Archaeologically, Babylon was known for its impressive structures, including the famous Ishtar Gate and its defensive walls. The fall of these towers represents the broader theme of God's judgment against human arrogance and self-reliance.her walls are torn down. Walls were crucial for a city's protection, and their destruction indicates total defeat. Babylon's walls were legendary for their thickness and height, making this statement a powerful image of divine retribution. This destruction fulfills prophecies about Babylon's fall and serves as a reminder of the futility of trusting in human fortifications over divine protection.Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, This phrase underscores that the judgment against Babylon is not merely a political or military event but a divine act of retribution. The concept of divine vengeance is rooted in the justice of God, who repays nations and individuals according to their deeds. This reflects the biblical principle that God is the ultimate judge who rights wrongs and punishes sin.take out your vengeance upon her; The call for vengeance is a directive for the agents of God's judgment to execute His justice. This reflects the biblical theme of retributive justice, where wrongs are avenged in accordance with divine will. It also serves as a warning to other nations about the consequences of defying God and oppressing His people.as she has done, do the same to her. This phrase highlights the principle of measure-for-measure justice, where Babylon receives the same treatment it meted out to others. It echoes the biblical law of retribution found in passages like <a href="/exodus/21-24.htm">Exodus 21:24</a>, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth." This principle is seen throughout scripture as a reflection of God's just nature, ensuring that actions have corresponding consequences.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> The city and empire that is the subject of God's judgment in this passage. Babylon was a dominant power known for its idolatry and oppression of God's people. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The God of Israel, who is executing judgment against Babylon for its sins and transgressions. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> God's chosen people, who were oppressed by Babylon and are now witnessing God's justice. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_invading_armies.htm">The Invading Armies</a> The forces called by God to execute His judgment on Babylon, symbolizing divine retribution. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fall_of_babylon.htm">The Fall of Babylon</a> The event prophesied by Jeremiah, symbolizing the collapse of a once-mighty empire due to its wickedness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a> God's justice is perfect and inevitable. He will repay evil according to His righteousness, as seen in His judgment against Babylon. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Babylon's fall serves as a warning about the consequences of pride, idolatry, and oppression. Nations and individuals alike are accountable to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The prophecy against Babylon demonstrates God's control over history. He raises and brings down nations according to His purposes. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_oppressed.htm">Hope for the Oppressed</a> For those who suffer under injustice, God's judgment on Babylon is a reminder that He sees their plight and will act in His time. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The fall of Babylon is a call to examine our own lives, repent of sin, and align ourselves with God's will.<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/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/what_is_the_permissive_will_of_god.htm">What causes the Euphrates River to dry up?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_evil_often_go_unpunished.htm">If God is truly the 'God of vengeance' (Psalm 94:1), why has so much evil throughout history gone seemingly unpunished?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_empower_ehud,_an_assassin.htm">Why does Judges 3:12-15 depict God empowering an assassin (Ehud) if murder is condemned elsewhere in scripture?</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>(15) She hath given her hand.--The words paint the attitude of one who submits and stretches forth his hand, as a sign that he gives himself into the power of the conqueror. (Comp. <a href="/ezra/10-19.htm" title="And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.">Ezra 10:19</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm" title="Now be you not stiff necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.">2Chronicles 30:8</a>; <a href="/lamentations/5-6.htm" title="We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.">Lamentations 5:6</a>.) So in Latin "dare manum" was a synonym for submission (Cic. de Amic. 26).Her foundations are fallen.--Better, with the LXX., bastions or bulwarks.As she hath done, do unto her.--We note an identity of thought and almost of language with <a href="/psalms/137-8.htm" title="O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.">Psalm 137:8</a>. Had the Psalmist heard the prophecy, or the prophet the psalm? The former seems the more probable alternative.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - Shout against her; i.e. raise the battle cry (comp. <a href="/joshua/6-16.htm">Joshua 6:16</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Isaiah 42:13</a>). She hath given her hand. This action is generally mentioned as a pledge of friendship or a ratification of a promise (<a href="/2_kings/10-15.htm">2 Kings 10:15</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/17-18.htm">Ezekiel 17:18</a>; <a href="/ezra/10-19.htm">Ezra 10:19</a>); but the notion of surrender or submission would naturally follow (so in <a href="/1_chronicles/29-24.htm">1 Chronicles 29:24</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">2 Chronicles 30:8</a>). Dr. Payne Smith well quotes the words of Turnus, when begging his life of AEneas, "Vicisti, et victum tendere palmas Ausonii videre" ('AEneid,' 12:936). Her foundations. The word is difficult, but a comparison with the Syriac suggests the rendering, her walls. "Foundations" is obviously wrong. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Raise a war cry הָרִ֨יעוּ (hā·rî·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7321.htm">Strong's 7321: </a> To mar, to split the ears, shout against עָלֶ֤יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against her on every side! סָבִיב֙ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around She has thrown up נָתְנָ֣ה (nā·ṯə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set her hands in surrender; יָדָ֔הּ (yā·ḏāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand her towers אָשְׁיוֹתֶ֔יהָ (’ā·šə·yō·w·ṯe·hā) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_803.htm">Strong's 803: </a> Foundation have fallen; נָֽפְלוּ֙ (nā·p̄ə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie her walls חֽוֹמוֹתֶ֑יהָ (ḥō·w·mō·w·ṯe·hā) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> A wall of protection are torn down. נֶהֶרְס֖וּ (ne·her·sū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2040.htm">Strong's 2040: </a> To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy Since כִּי֩ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction this הִיא֙ (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is the vengeance נִקְמַ֨ת (niq·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5360.htm">Strong's 5360: </a> Avengement of the LORD, יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel take out your vengeance upon her; הִנָּ֣קְמוּ (hin·nā·qə·mū) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5358.htm">Strong's 5358: </a> To grudge, avenge, punish as כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that she has done, עָשְׂתָ֖ה (‘ā·śə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make do the same עֲשׂוּ־ (‘ă·śū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make to her. לָֽהּ׃ (lāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:15 Shout against her all around: she has (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:16" /></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>