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Jeremiah 50

Jer. 50:42 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They shall hold
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
the bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
and the lance
kiydown (Hebrew #3591)
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart (perhaps smaller that 2595)
KJV usage: lance, shield, spear, target.
Pronounce: kee-dohn'
Origin: from the same as 3589
: they are cruel
'akzariy (Hebrew #394)
terrible
KJV usage: cruel (one).
Pronounce: ak-zawr-ree'
Origin: from 393
v, and will not show mercy
racham (Hebrew #7355)
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
KJV usage: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, X surely.
Pronounce: raw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
: their voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
shall roar
hamah (Hebrew #1993)
to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
KJV usage: clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Pronounce: haw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1949)
like the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and they shall ride
rakab (Hebrew #7392)
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
KJV usage: bring (on (horse-)back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-)back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
Pronounce: raw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon horses
cuwc (Hebrew #5483)
from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
KJV usage: crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare 6571.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or cuc {soos}
, every one put in array
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
, like a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
to the battle
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
, against thee, O daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of 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
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Isa. 13:17‑18• 17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
 18And their bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children. (Isa. 13:17‑18)

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Babylon,
Bow,
Daughter,
Horse,
Lance,
Mercy,
Sea

Cross References

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Jer. 6:22‑23• 22Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
 23They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion. (Jer. 6:22‑23)
they are cruel.
Psa. 74:20• 20Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence. (Psa. 74:20)
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Psa. 137:8‑9• 8Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.
 9Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock. (Psa. 137:8‑9)
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Isa. 13:17‑18• 17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
 18And their bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children. (Isa. 13:17‑18)
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Isa. 14:6• 6He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly. (Isa. 14:6)
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Isa. 47:6• 6I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke; (Isa. 47:6)
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Hab. 1:6‑8• 6For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
 7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
 8And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. (Hab. 1:6‑8)
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James 2:13• 13for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment. (James 2:13)
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Rev. 16:6• 6for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy. (Rev. 16:6)
their voice.
Psa. 46:2‑3,6• 2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;
 3Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
 6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. (Psa. 46:2‑3,6)
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Isa. 5:30• 30and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. (Isa. 5:30)
shall ride.
Jer. 8:16• 16The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: the whole land trembleth at the sound of the neighing of his steeds, and they come, and devour the land, and all it contains, the city and those that dwell therein. (Jer. 8:16)
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Jer. 47:3• 3at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for their children, from feebleness of hands; (Jer. 47:3)
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Isa. 5:28• 28their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are reckoned as the flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind. (Isa. 5:28)
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Hab. 1:8• 8And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. (Hab. 1:8)
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Rev. 19:14‑18• 14And the armies which are in the heaven followed him upon white horses, clad in white, pure, fine linen.
 15And out of his mouth goes a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
 16And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.
 17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God,
 18that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses and of those that sit upon them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great. (Rev. 19:14‑18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They lay hold of bow and spear; they are cruel, and will not shew mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses—set in array like a man for the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.