Jeremiah 50:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Declare

Set up

Isaiah 13:2

Babylon

Bel

Jeremiah 51:44

Isaiah 46:1

Merodach

Jeremiah 52:31

Isaiah 39:1

General references

Jeremiah 50:41

Bible References

Declare

Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.

"Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, 'He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.'

"Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; say, 'Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour around you.'

Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.

"You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known.

"For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is comingto gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

Set up

On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.

Babylon

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.

And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground."

Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."

And he called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.

Bel

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.

Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.

Merodach

And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, graciously freedJehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.

At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.

General references

"Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.