Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished. New Living Translation Destroy even her young bulls— it will be terrible for them, too! Slaughter them all! For Babylon’s day of reckoning has come. English Standard Version Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment. Berean Standard Bible Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment. King James Bible Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. New King James Version Slay all her bulls, Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment. New American Standard Bible Put all her bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment. NASB 1995 Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment. NASB 1977 Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment. Legacy Standard Bible Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment. Amplified Bible Kill all her young bulls [her strength—her young men]; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe (judgment is coming) to the Chaldeans, for their day has come, The time of their punishment. Christian Standard Bible Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them because their day has come, the time of their punishment. Holman Christian Standard Bible Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, because their day has come, the time of their punishment. American Standard Version Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. Contemporary English Version Kill the soldiers of Babylonia, because the time has come for them to be punished. English Revised Version Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. GOD'S WORD® Translation Kill all their young bulls. Let them go to be slaughtered. How horrible it will be for them when their time has come, the time for them to be punished. Good News Translation Kill all their soldiers! Slaughter them! The people of Babylonia are doomed! The time has come for them to be punished!" ( International Standard Version Put all her bulls to the sword, let them go down to the slaughter. How terrible for them because their day has come, the time of their judgment. Majority Standard Bible Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment. NET Bible Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished." New Heart English Bible Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them. for their day has come, the time of their visitation." Webster's Bible Translation Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. World English Bible Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSlay all her cows, they go down to slaughter, "" Woe [is] on them, for their day has come, "" The time of their inspection. Young's Literal Translation Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe is on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection. Smith's Literal Translation Lay waste all her bullocks; come down to the slaughter: wo to them! for their day came, the time of their reviewing. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleDestroy all her valiant men, let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation. Catholic Public Domain Version Scatter all her strong ones. Let them descend to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has arrived, the time of their visitation. New American Bible Slay all the oxen, take them down to slaughter; Woe to them! their day has come, the time of their punishment. New Revised Standard Version Kill all her bulls, let them go down to the slaughter. Alas for them, their day has come, the time of their punishment! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleDestroy her; and let all her offspring be delivered to the slaughter; woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their punishment. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Destroy her and all her fruit shall be handed over for slaughter! Woe upon them, because their day has arrived, the time of their sentence! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Slay all her bullocks, let them go down to the slaughter; Woe unto them! for their day is come, The time of their visitation. Brenton Septuagint Translation Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Destruction of Babylon…26Come 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. 27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment. 28Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.… Cross References Isaiah 13:15-18 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. / Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. / Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. ... Isaiah 34:6-7 The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. / And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat. Revelation 18:2-3 And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” Revelation 18:6-8 Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” Isaiah 14:21-23 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities. / “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. Ezekiel 21:14-17 ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side! / So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter. / Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed. ... Revelation 19:17-18 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ... Nahum 3:18-19 O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. / There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty? Zephaniah 1:7-8 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests. / “On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. Isaiah 47:1-3 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” Jeremiah 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats. Ezekiel 32:4-6 I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you. / I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. / I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled. Revelation 14:8 Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Isaiah 13:1-5 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ... Treasury of Scripture Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. bullocks Jeremiah 50:11 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; 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. Psalm 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. their day 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. Jeremiah 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. 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. Jump to Previous Bullocks Bulls Death Inspection Kill Kine Oxen Punished Punishment Slaughter Slay Sorrow Sword Theirs Time Visitation Wo Woe YoungJump to Next Bullocks Bulls Death Inspection Kill Kine Oxen Punished Punishment Slaughter Slay Sorrow Sword Theirs Time Visitation Wo Woe YoungJeremiah 50 1. The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of IsraelPut all her young bulls to the sword The phrase "young bulls" in this context symbolizes the strength and pride of Babylon. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, bulls were often associated with power and virility. The Hebrew word for "bulls" is "par," which can also refer to leaders or warriors. The command to "put...to the sword" indicates a divine judgment against these symbols of strength. Historically, this reflects the impending doom of Babylon, a once mighty empire, now facing God's retribution. The imagery of the sword is a common biblical metaphor for divine judgment and warfare, emphasizing the totality of the destruction decreed by God. let them go down to the slaughter Woe to them for their day has come the time of their punishment Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Put allכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every her young bulls פָּרֶ֔יהָ (pā·re·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer to the sword; חִרְבוּ֙ (ḥir·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill let them go down יֵרְד֖וּ (yê·rə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to the slaughter. לַטָּ֑בַח (laṭ·ṭā·ḇaḥ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2874: Something slaughtered, a beast, butchery Woe ה֣וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! to them, עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction their day יוֹמָ֖ם (yō·w·mām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day has come— בָ֥א (ḇā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the time עֵ֥ת (‘êṯ) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 6256: Time, now, when of their punishment. פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ (pə·qud·dā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6486: Oversight, mustering, visitation, store Links Jeremiah 50:27 NIVJeremiah 50:27 NLT Jeremiah 50:27 ESV Jeremiah 50:27 NASB Jeremiah 50:27 KJV Jeremiah 50:27 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 50:27 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 50:27 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 50:27 French Bible Jeremiah 50:27 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:27 Kill all her bulls (Jer.) |