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Jeremiah 50

Jer. 50:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Declare
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
ye among the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, and publish
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and βset up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
a standard
nec (Hebrew #5251)
a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
KJV usage: banner, pole, sail, (en-)sign, standard.
Pronounce: nace
Origin: from 5264
; publish
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and conceal
kachad (Hebrew #3582)
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
KJV usage: conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.
Pronounce: kaw-khad'
Origin: a primitive root
not: say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Babylon
Babel (Hebrew #894)
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV usage: Babel, Babylon.
Pronounce: baw-bel'
Origin: from 1101
is taken
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
, Bel
Bel (Hebrew #1078)
Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians
KJV usage: Bel.
Pronounce: bale
Origin: by contraction for 1168
c is confounded
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
, Merodach
Mrodak (Hebrew #4781)
Merodak, a Babylonian idol
KJV usage: Merodach. Compare 4757.
Pronounce: mer-o-dawk'
Origin: of foreign derivation
is broken in pieces
chathath (Hebrew #2865)
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
Pronounce: khaw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
; her idols
`atsab (Hebrew #6091)
an (idolatrous) image
KJV usage: idol, image.
Pronounce: aw-tsawb'
Origin: from 6087
are confounded
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
, her images
gilluwl (Hebrew #1544)
from 1556; properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
KJV usage: idol.
Pronounce: ghil-lool'
Origin: or (shortened) gillul {ghil-lool'}
are broken in pieces
chathath (Hebrew #2865)
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
Pronounce: khaw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
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lift up.
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Jer. 51:44• 44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. (Jer. 51:44)
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Isa. 46:1• 1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. (Isa. 46:1)

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Babylon,
Bel,
Idolatry,
Image,
Merodach,
Standard

Cross References

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Declare.
Jer. 6:18• 18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. (Jer. 6:18)
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Jer. 31:10• 10Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. (Jer. 31:10)
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Jer. 46:14• 14Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. (Jer. 46:14)
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Psa. 64:9• 9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. (Psa. 64:9)
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Psa. 96:3• 3Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. (Psa. 96:3)
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Isa. 12:4• 4And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. (Isa. 12:4)
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Isa. 48:6• 6Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. (Isa. 48:6)
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Isa. 66:18‑19• 18For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isa. 66:18‑19)
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Rev. 14:6‑8• 6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
 7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
 8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. (Rev. 14:6‑8)
set up.
Heb. lift up.
Isa. 13:2• 2Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. (Isa. 13:2)
Babylon.
Jer. 51:8• 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. (Jer. 51:8)
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Isa. 21:9• 9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. (Isa. 21:9)
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Rev. 14:8• 8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. (Rev. 14:8)
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Rev. 18:2• 2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (Rev. 18:2)
Bel.
Jer. 51:44• 44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. (Jer. 51:44)
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Isa. 46:1• 1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. (Isa. 46:1)
Merodach.
Jer. 52:31• 31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, (Jer. 52:31)
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Isa. 39:1• 1At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. (Isa. 39:1)
her idols.
Jer. 50:46• 46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. (Jer. 50:46)
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Jer. 43:12‑13• 12And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
 13He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. (Jer. 43:12‑13)
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Isa. 37:19• 19And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. (Isa. 37:19)
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Zeph. 2:11• 11The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. (Zeph. 2:11)
Xerxes, after his return from his unsuccessful expedition into Greece, partly out of religious zeal, being a professed enemy to image worship, and partly to reimburse himself after his immense expenses, seized the sacred treasures, and plundered or destroyed the temples and idols of Babylon, thereby accomplishing the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah.
(Isa 21:9; 46:1.
Jer 50:2; 51:44, 47, 52.)
What God declares, "I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth that which he has swallowed," was also literally fulfilled, when the vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of Bel, Da 1:2, were restored by order of Cyrus, Ezr 1:7, and again carried to Jerusalem.
Bp. Newton, Dis. X.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and lift up a banner; publish, conceal not! Say, Babylon is taken, Belb is put to shame, Merodachb is dismayedc: her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayedc.

JND Translation Notes

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A Babylonian idol.
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Or "broken in pieces."