Babylon’s Fall Is Certain
Jeremiah 50:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
- KJV
- 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;fat: Heb. big, or, corpulentbellow…: or, neigh as steeds
- WEB
- “Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses,
- ASV
- Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heifer that treadeth out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
- LSV
- “Because you rejoice, because you exult, || O spoilers of My inheritance, || Because you increase as a heifer [at] the tender grass, || And cry aloud as bulls,
- YLT
- Because thou rejoicest, because thou exultest, O spoilers of Mine inheritance, Because thou increasest as a heifer [at] the tender grass, And dost cry aloud as bulls,
- DBY
- For ye rejoiced, for ye triumphed, ye plunderers of my heritage; for ye have been wanton as the heifer at grass, and neighed as steeds.
- DRC
- Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed as bulls.
- GNV
- Because yee were glad and reioyced in destroying mine heritage, and because ye are growen fatte, as the calues in the grasse, and neied like strong horses,
- JPS
- Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder My heritage, because ye gambol as a heifer at grass, and neigh as strong horses;
- LXXE27:11
- Because ye rejoiced, and boasted, while plundering mine heritage; because ye exulted as calves in the grass, and pushed with the horn as bulls.
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- Written (Ketiv): תִשְׂמְחִי (“you are rejoicing”). Read aloud (Qere): תִשְׂמְחוּ֙ (“you are rejoicing”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): תַעֲלְזִי (“you are gloating”). Read aloud (Qere): תַֽעֲלְז֔וּ (“you are gloating”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): תָפוּשִׁי (“you are skipping about”). Read aloud (Qere): תָפ֙וּשׁוּ֙ (“you are skipping about”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): וְתִצְהֲלִי (“so you may neigh”). Read aloud (Qere): וְתִצְהֲל֖וּ (“so you may neigh”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- Leningrad Codex reads תִשְׂמְחיּ֙; read aloud (Qere) reads תִשְׂמְחוּ֙ (“you are rejoicing”).
- Leningrad Codex reads תַֽעַלְז֔יּ; read aloud (Qere) reads תַֽעֲלְז֔וּ (“you are gloating”).
- Leningrad Codex reads תָפ֙וּשׁיּ֙; read aloud (Qere) reads תָפ֙וּשׁוּ֙ (“you are skipping about”).
- Leningrad Codex reads וְתִצְהֲל֖יּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וְתִצְהֲל֖וּ (“so you may neigh”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּ֤י תשמחי כִּ֣י תעלזי שֹׁסֵ֖י נַחֲלָתִ֑י כִּ֤י תפושי כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה דָשָׁ֔ה ותצהלי כָּאֲבִּרִֽים׃Read aloud as (qere): תִשְׂמְחוּ֙Read aloud as (qere): תַֽעֲלְז֔וּBHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.Read aloud as (qere): תָפ֨וּשׁוּ֙Read aloud as (qere): וְתִצְהֲל֖וּ
- LXX-Br27:11
- Ὅτι ηὐφραίνεσθε, καὶ κατεκαυχᾶσθε, διαρπάζοντες τὴν κληρονομίαν μου, διότι ἐσκιρτᾶτε, ὡς βοΐδια ἐν βοτάνῃ, καὶ ἐκερατίζετε ὡς ταῦροι.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Jeremiah 46:21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.
- Hosea 10:11Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
- Psalms 83:1–5O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God. See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads. With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,…
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Ezekiel 25:3–8Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of…
- Zechariah 14:12And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues…
- Isaiah 10:6–7I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. But this is not his intention;…
- Lamentations 4:21–22So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not…
- Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- Psalms 74:2–8Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell. Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has…
- Ezekiel 25:15–17This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility, therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will…
- Ezekiel 26:2–3“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’ therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O…
- Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Zechariah 14:1–3Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:11 in some Bibles
- 50:11 in most Bibles