Jeremiah 50:7

Translations

Modern

All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

Traditional

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

Literal

All those finding them have devoured them, and their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty, upon that they have sinned against YHWH, the habitation of righteousness, and the hope of their fathers—YHWH.’

Latin

Omnes qui invenerunt comederunt eos, et hostes eorum dixerunt: Non peccavimus: pro eo quod peccaverunt Domino decori justitiæ, et exspectationi patrum eorum Domino.

Original

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English

All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

Notes

Jeremiah 50:7

This verse continues the metaphor of lost sheep (Jeremiah 50:6), linking Israel's vulnerability to attack with their turning away from the Lord. Their enemies justified mistreating Israel by claiming the Israelites had sinned against the Lord. These enemies knew that the Israelites' true place of rest and hope was with the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:4–10

This poem gave hope to the Israelite exiles in Babylon. It contrasted with the judgment and oppression they faced. The divine Judge is also the divine Savior.

Jeremiah 50:1–51:64

This message of judgment on Babylon is the longest for any nation except Judah. It mixes threats against Babylon with promises to restore Judah. Babylon acted as the Lord's agent to destroy other Near Eastern civilizations. However, Babylon was also guilty of its own sins. The Lord would judge Babylon by making her experience what she did to others (Jeremiah 50:15).

Theme notes and profiles

Hope Beyond Judgment Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 14:8
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
Zechariah 11:5
…whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
Jeremiah 40:2–3
The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
Jeremiah 31:23
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
Isaiah 56:9
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Psalm 22:4–5
In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
Isaiah 9:12
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Zechariah 1:15
…but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
Psalm 79:7
…for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Last Judgment Nations

Topics

Church: Backslidden God: Judge, and his Justice God: Providence of, Mysterious and Misinterpreted Persecution of the Righteous The Justice of God: Not to be Sinned Against

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