Jeremiah 50:16

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
off	כִּרְת֤וּ kir.Tu	H3772	to cut (off · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
sower	זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ zo.Re.a'	H2232	to sow · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Babylon	מִבָּבֶ֔ל mi.ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
handleth	וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ ve.to.Fes	H8610	to manipulate · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
sickle	מַגָּ֖ל ma.Gal	H4038	a sickle · noun, common masculine singular absolute
time	בְּעֵ֣ת be.'Et	H6256	time · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
harvest	קָצִ֑יר ka.Tzir	H7105	severed · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fear	מִפְּנֵי֙ mi.pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
oppressing	הַיּוֹנָ֔ה hai.yo.Nah	H3238	to rage or be violent · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute
sword	חֶ֣רֶב Che.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular construct
turn	יִפְנ֔וּ yif.Nu	H6437	to turn · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	אִ֤ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	עַמּוֹ֙ a.Mo	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
flee	יָנֻֽסוּ ya.Nu.su	H5127	to flit · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	וְאִ֥ישׁ ve.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
land	לְאַרְצ֖וֹ le.'ar.Tzo	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativi…
Jeremiah 51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth un…
Isaiah 13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one int…
Joel 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Jeremiah 25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce a…
Jeremiah 51:23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen;…
Amos 5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! a…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:9-20

God is here by his prophet, as afterwards in his providence, proceeding in his controversy with Babylon. Observe, I. The commission and charge given to the instruments that were to be employed in destroying Babylon. The army that is to do it is called an assembly of great nations (Jer 50:9), the Medes and Persians, and all their allies and auxiliaries; it is called an assembly, because regularly formed by the divine will and counsel to do this execution. God will raise them up to do it, will incline them to and fir them for this service, and then he will cause them to come up, for all their motions are under his conduct and direction: he shall give the word of command, shall order them to pu…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 50:16

Babylon had the extent rather of a nation than of a city. Therefore grain was grown within the city wall sufficient to last for a long siege [ARISTOTLE, Politics, 3.2; PLINY, 18.17]. Conquerors usually spare agriculturists, but in this case all alike were to be "cut off." for fear of . . . oppressing sword--because of the sword of the oppressor. every one to his people--from which they had been removed to Babylon from all quarters by the Chaldean conquerors (Jer 51:9; Isa 13:14).

John Gill on Jeremiah 50:16

Cut off the sower from in Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest,.... Both sower and reaper: the walls of Babylon took in a large compass of land, where there were corn fields; and which, as Curtius (s) observes, would yield a sufficiency to hold out a siege against an enemy; but being taken, the husbandman would not be spared, as used to be, but should be cut off, and so none to till the ground, or to reap what was upon it; and thus, in course, would be, desolate, as before threatened. The Targum understands this in a figurative sense, "destroy the king out of Babylon, and take hold of the sword in the time of slaughter;'' and Cocceius interprets the sower of any…

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John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Dove — In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated “dove-cots” are prepared for them (Cant. 2:14; Jer. 48:28; Isa. 60:8). The dove was placed on the…
Sickle — Of the Egyptians resembled that in modern use. The ears of corn were cut with it near the top of the straw. There was also a sickle used for warlike purposes, more correctly, however, called a…
Agriculture Or Husbandry · War destructive to — War destructive to
Harvest, The · Called the: Harvest time — Called the: Harvest time
Sickle · 23:25; — 23:25;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 50:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:9-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 50:16

John Gill on Jeremiah 50:16

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 50:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:9-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 50:16

John Gill on Jeremiah 50:16

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 50:11-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 50:16

Rashi on Jeremiah 50:16