Jeremiah 50 · Verse 26

Jeremiah 50:26

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
Jeremiah 50:26, King James Version

Jeremiah 50:26 in other translations

BSBCome against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
WEBCome against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.
ASVCome against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.
YLTCome ye in to her from the extremity, Open ye her storehouses, Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, Let her have no remnant.
DARBYCome ye against her from every quarter, open her storehouses; pile her up like sheaves, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
BBECome up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen.
WebsterCome against her from the utmost border, open her store-houses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

What does Jeremiah 50:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. from the utmost border--namely, of the earth. Or, from all sides [Ludovicus De Dieu]. storehouses--or, "her houses filled with men and goods" [Michaelis]. When Cyrus took it, the provisions found there were enough to have lasted for many years. as heaps--make of the once glorious city heaps of ruins. Vast mounds of rubbish now mark the site of ancient Babylon. "Tread her as heaps of corn which are wont to be trodden down in the threshing-floor" [Grotius].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Open her store-houses - At the time that Cyrus took the city, it was full of provisions and treasures of all kinds; the walls had suffered no injury; and when the inhabitants heard that the enemy was within, they thought they must have arisen out of the earth in the center of the city!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 50:21-32

The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?

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Jeremiah 50:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֹּֽאוּ\־bo.'u-comeH935
לָ֤הּlahto <the> it
מִקֵּץ֙mi.Ketzfrom [the] endH7093
פִּתְח֣וּpit.ChuopenH6605
מַאֲבֻסֶ֔יהָma.'a.vu.Sei.hagranaries itsH3965
סָלּ֥וּהָsa.Lu.hapile up itH5549
כְמוֹ\־khe.mov-likeH3644
עֲרֵמִ֖ים'a.re.MimheapsH6194
וְהַחֲרִימ֑וּהָve.ha.cha.ri.Mu.haand totally destroy itH2763
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תְּהִי\־te.hi-it belongH1961
לָ֖הּlahto <the> it
שְׁאֵרִֽית\׃she.'e.Rita remnantH7611

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Cross references for Jeremiah 50:26

  • Isaiah 14:23

    I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Jeremiah 50:10

    And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 45:3

    And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 50:23

    How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

  • Jeremiah 50:13

    Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

  • Revelation 19:15

    And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  • Revelation 14:19

    And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

  • Isaiah 63:3-4

    I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

  • Jeremiah 50:15

    Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

  • Jeremiah 51:25-28

    Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord. Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

  • Isaiah 5:26

    And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

  • Micah 7:10

    Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
against.
41; 51:27,28; Isa 5:26
the utmost. Heb. the end. open.
10; 51:44; Isa 45:3
cast her up. or, tread her.
Isa 10:6; 25:10; 63:3,4; Mic 7:10; Re 14:19; 19:15
destroy.
13,15,23; 51:25,26,64; Isa 14:23; Re 18:21-24

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Context

  • Jeremiah 50:25

    The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

  • Jeremiah 50:26

    Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

  • Jeremiah 50:27

    Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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Jeremiah 50:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Venid contra ella desde el cabo de la tierra: abrid sus almacenes: hacedla montones, y destruidla: no le queden reliquias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Venez contre elle de toute part; ouvrez ses granges, entassez-la comme des gerbes et détruisez-la entièrement; qu’elle n’ait rien de reste!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Kommet über dasselbe von allen Seiten her, öffnet seine Scheunen, schüttet es auf wie Garbenhaufen und vertilget es; nicht bleibe ihm ein Überrest!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Venite ad eam ab extremis finibus; aperite ut exeant qui conculcent eam: tollite de via lapides, et redigite in acervos: et interficite eam, nec sit quidquam reliquum.