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Jeremiah 50:2 Meaning

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

Context Explained

1The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

3For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

4In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

Key Themes

proclamationidolatryjudgment

Related Cross References

  • Revelation 18:2

    Revelation declares Babylon's fall, echoing this proclamation.

  • Isaiah 46:1

    Isaiah contrasts the powerlessness of idols with God's sovereignty, similar to Jeremiah's message.

Source: Jeremiah 50:2