Jeremiah 50:32

Translations

Modern

The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”

Traditional

And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

Literal

And the arrogant one will stumble and will fall, and there will not be for him one to raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all around him!”

Latin

Et cadet superbus, et corruet, et non erit qui suscitet eum: et succendam ignem in urbibus ejus, et devorabit omnia in circuitu ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”

Notes

Jeremiah 50:31–32

Due to the Lord's command, the proud Babylonian Empire would never again become a powerful force in the world.

Theme notes and profiles

Hope Beyond Judgment Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations The Stone the Builders Rejected

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

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Isaiah 10:12–15
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
Amos 2:5
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
Revelation 18:8
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.”
Proverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
Daniel 5:23–30
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
Jeremiah 51:26
No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
Amos 1:12
So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
Amos 1:14
So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
Amos 1:4
So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Last Judgment Nations

Topics

Babylon: As a Power Was: Arrogant Pride: Babylon Pride: General Scriptures Concerning

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