Jeremiah 50:21-23
Living Bible
21 Go up, O my warriors, against the land of Merathaim[a] and against the people of Pekod. Yes, march against Babylon, the land of rebels, a land that I will judge! Annihilate them, as I have commanded you. 22 Let there be the shout of battle in the land, a shout of great destruction. 23 Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
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- Jeremiah 50:21 Merathaim, meaning “double rebellion,” refers to southern Babylonia. Pekod, meaning “punishment,” refers to a people in eastern Babylonia.
Jeremiah 50:21-23
New International Version
21 “Attack the land of Merathaim
and those who live in Pekod.(A)
Pursue, kill and completely destroy[a] them,”
declares the Lord.
“Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The noise(B) of battle is in the land,
the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
is the hammer(C) of the whole earth!(D)
How desolate(E) is Babylon
among the nations!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.
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