Jeremiah 50 · Verse 27

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.
Jeremiah 50:27, King James Version

Jeremiah 50:27 in other translations

BSBKill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
WEBKill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
ASVSlay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
YLTSlay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe is on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.
DARBYSlay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
BBEPut all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
WebsterSlay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

What does Jeremiah 50:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. bullocks--that is, princes and strong warriors (Jr 46:21; Psa 22:12; Is 34:7). go down to ... slaughter--The slaughterhouses lay low beside the river; therefore it is said, "go down"; appropriate to Babylon on the Euphrates, the avenue through which the slaughterers entered the city.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Slay all her bullocks - Princes, magistrates, etc., etc.

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 50:27 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.

חִרְבוּ֙chir.VukillH2717
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
פָּרֶ֔יהָpa.Rei.hayoung bulls itsH6499
יֵרְד֖וּye.re.Dulet them go downH3381
לַטָּ֑בַחla.Ta.vachto the slaughterH2874
ה֣וֹיHowoe!H1945
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בָ֥אva'it has comeH935
יוֹמָ֖םyo.Mamday theirH3117
עֵ֥ת'et[the] time ofH6256
פְּקֻדָּתָֽם\׃\ \סpe.ku.da.Tampunishment theirH6486

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Cross references for Jeremiah 50:27

  • Jeremiah 46:21

    Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

  • Isaiah 34:7

    And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

  • Psalms 37:13

    The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

  • Psalms 22:12

    Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

  • Jeremiah 48:44

    He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

  • Revelation 18:10

    Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

  • Jeremiah 50:31

    Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

  • Revelation 16:17-19

    And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

  • Lamentations 1:21

    They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

  • Ezekiel 39:17-20

    And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.

  • Revelation 19:17

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

  • Ezekiel 7:5-7

    Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bullocks.
11; 46:21; Ps 22:12; Isa 34:7; Eze 39:17-20; Re 19:17
their day.
31; 27:7; 48:44; Ps 37:13; La 1:21; Eze 7:5-7; Re 16:17-19; 18:10

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Context

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 50:28

    The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

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Jeremiah 50:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Matad todos sus novillos; vayan al matadero: ¡ay de ellos! que venido es su día, el tiempo de su visitación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tuez tous ses taureaux; qu’ils descendent à la tuerie. Malheur à eux! car leur jour est venu, le temps de leur visitation.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Erwürget alle seine Farren, zur Schlachtung sollen sie hinstürzen! Wehe über sie! denn ihr Tag ist gekommen, die Zeit ihrer Heimsuchung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dissipate universos fortes ejus: descendant in occisionem: væ eis, quia venit dies eorum, tempus visitationis eorum!