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Jeremiah 50 — Sermon Preparation
Babylon, the hammer of the whole earth, will be repaid: Bel disgraced, her idols smashed, and the scattered flock of Israel brought safely home. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 50, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Jeremiah 50 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּבֶל | Bâbel | H894 | 19 | Babel, Babylonia |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 8 | oracle |
| יָשַׁב | yâshab | H3427 | 9 | sit, dwell |
| כַּשְׂדִּי | Kasdîy | H3778 | 6 | Kasdite |
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 7 | nation, a Gentile |
| חֶרֶב | chereb | H2719 | 6 | drought, cutting |
| נָוֶה | nâveh | H5116 | 4 | at home, lovely |
How preachers through history handled this text
52 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 50, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“11. Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 11. Certs laetati estis (in futuro quidem tempore, laetabimini,) et exultabitis quum diripietis haereditatem meam; multiplicabimini (hoc est, augescetis) tanquam vitula herbae, et hinnietis tanquam equi fortes: 12. Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hinder most of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 12. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 5, on Jeremiah 50:11–12 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Jer 50:1
- Chaldea— Jer 50:1
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