Bible Strands
Jeremiah 49:25
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through a prophetic oracle concerning Damascus, delivered at the moment the city collapses into panic and physical weakness.
The words — אֵ֥ךְ ('eikh) = how! [H349] and עֻזְּבָ֖ה ('u.ze.Vah) = it has been forsaken [H5800] construct a rhetorical question that highlights the sudden abandonment of a place previously celebrated.
The thread — The pattern of a celebrated city facing sudden ruin recurs in Jeremiah 33:9 and Jeremiah 51:41, where locations known for glory or praise are captured and stripped of their status.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that civic reputation and human strength are contingent, demanding a sober evaluation of earthly achievements against divine sovereignty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 33:9 So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
- Jeremiah 51:41 How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
- Psalms 37:35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Isaiah 1:26 I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
- Isaiah 14:4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
- Jeremiah 48:2 There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
- Jeremiah 48:39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Revelation 18:10 In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
- Revelation 18:16 saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!