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Jeremiah 50:35

A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chaldeans;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom literature;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Exile;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Belshazzar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Lance, Lancet;   Persia, Persians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Magi;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Armor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alliteration and Kindred Figures;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
A sword against the Chaldeans," declares Yahweh,"And against the inhabitants of BabylonAnd against her officials and her wise men!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"A sword against the Chaldeans," declares the LORD, "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her officials and her wise men!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sworde shal come vpon the Chaldees saith the Lorde, vpon them that dwell in Babylon, vpon their princes, and vpon their wise men.
Darby Translation
The sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men;
New King James Version
"A sword is against the Chaldeans," says the LORD, "Against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes and her wise men.
Literal Translation
A sword is on the Chaldeans, states Jehovah, and on those living in Babylon, and on her rulers, and on her wise men.
World English Bible
A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
King James Version (1611)
A sword is vpon the Caldeans, saith the Lord, and vpon the inhabitants of Babylon, and vpon her princes, and vpon her wise men.
King James Version
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord , and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees (saieth the LORDE) vpon them that dwell in Babilon, vpon their prynces, & vpo their wyse me:
THE MESSAGE
"It's all-out war in Babylon"— God 's Decree— "total war against people, leaders, and the wise! War to the death on her boasting pretenders, fools one and all! War to the death on her soldiers, cowards to a man! War to the death on her hired killers, gutless wonders! War to the death on her banks—looted! War to the death on her water supply—drained dry! A land of make-believe gods gone crazy—hobgoblins! The place will be haunted with jackals and scorpions, night-owls and vampire bats. No one will ever live there again. The land will reek with the stench of death. It will join Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, the cities I did away with." God 's Decree. "No one will live there again. No one will again draw breath in that land, ever.
Amplified Bible
"A sword against the Chaldeans," says the LORD, "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her princes (officials, civic rulers) and against her wise men (astrologers, religious rulers)!
American Standard Version
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Revised Standard Version
"A sword upon the Chalde'ans, says the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes and her wise men!
Update Bible Version
A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
Webster's Bible Translation
A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise [men].
New Century Version
The Lord says, "Let a sword kill the people living in Babylon and her officers and wise men!
New English Translation
"Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians," says the Lord . "They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom.
Contemporary English Version
I have declared war on you, your officials, and advisors.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai says, "A sword hangs over the Kasdim, and over those who live in Bavel, over her leaders and over her sages.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A sworde is vpon the Caldeans, sayeth the Lord, and vpon the inhabitants of Babel, and vpon her princes, and vpon her wise men.
George Lamsa Translation
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and upon all the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes and upon her wise men.
Hebrew Names Version
A sword is on the Kasdim, says the LORD, and on the inhabitants of Bavel, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
New Living Translation
"The sword of destruction will strike the Babylonians," says the Lord . "It will strike the people of Babylon— her officials and wise men, too.
New Life Bible
A sword is against the Babylonians," says the Lord, "and against the people of Babylon, and against her leaders and her wise men!
English Revised Version
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Berean Standard Bible
A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
New Revised Standard
A sword against the Chaldeans, says the Lord , and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her officials and her sages!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A sword, is over the Chaldeans, Declareth Yahweh, - And against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes, And against her wise men:
Douay-Rheims Bible
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Lexham English Bible
A sword against the Chaldeans," declares Yahweh, "and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her officials, and against her wise men.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "Sword, kill the people living in Babylon. Sword, kill the king's officials and the wise men of Babylon.
English Standard Version
"A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord , and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her officials and her wise men!
New American Standard Bible
"A sword against the Chaldeans," declares the LORD, "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her leaders and her wise men!
Good News Translation
The Lord says, "Death to Babylonia! Death to its people, to its rulers, to its people of wisdom.
Christian Standard Bible®
A sword is over the Chaldeans— this is the Lord 's declaration— against those who live in Babylon, against her officials, and against her sages.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A swerd to Caldeis, seith the Lord, and to the dwelleris of Babiloyne, and to the princes, and to the wise men therof.
Young's Literal Translation
A sword [is] for the Chaldeans, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it [is] on the inhabitants of Babylon, And on her heads, and on her wise men;

Contextual Overview

33 This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go. 34 Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon. 35 A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men. 36 A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken. 37 A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers. 38 A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods. 39 For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation. 40 As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there. 41 See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth. 42 Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sword: Jeremiah 47:6, Leviticus 26:25, Isaiah 66:16, Ezekiel 14:2, Hosea 11:6, Zechariah 11:17

upon her princes: Jeremiah 50:27, Jeremiah 50:30, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Isaiah 41:25, Daniel 5:1, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:30

her wise men: Jeremiah 8:9, Jeremiah 10:7, Isaiah 19:11-13, Isaiah 29:14, Isaiah 44:25, Isaiah 47:13, Isaiah 47:14, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:17 - thou shalt Isaiah 13:15 - General Isaiah 45:1 - to subdue Jeremiah 25:27 - because Jeremiah 50:12 - a wilderness Jeremiah 50:25 - opened Jeremiah 51:47 - her whole Ezekiel 30:4 - the sword

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord,.... Or, "shall be" k or, "O sword, [be thou] on the Chaldeans" l; that is, the sword of the Medes and Persians; those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; in the mystic sense, the Christian princes that shall draw the sword against the antichristian states:

and upon the inhabitants of Babylon; the metropolis of Chaldea; the common people in it, as distinguished from those of high rank and degree following:

and upon her princes; Belshazzar and his nobles, who were slain the night Babylon was taken:

and upon her wise [men]; prime ministers, politicians, and counsellors of state; neither high birth nor great wisdom can secure from the sword of the enemy, when it has a commission from God, as it had here.

k "Erit", Abarbinel; "irruet", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. l חרב על כשדים "gladie, super Chaldaeos, scil. veni, ades", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Omit “is.” A summons comes from Yahweh, Israel’s Goel, to the sword to fall upon all the elements of Babylon’s greatness. The princes were her rulers at home and her generals in war. The wise men were those upon whose learning she so prided herself (Daniel 1:4 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 50:35. A sword — War and its calamities, or any grievous plague; and so in the following verses.


 
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