Bible Strands
Jeremiah 50:2
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans, commanding a public announcement of judgment.
The words — הַגִּ֨ידוּ (ha.Gi.du) means "declare," and וְ/הַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ (ve./hash.Mi.'u) means "and make a proclamation," both emphasizing the mandatory public announcement of the coming event.
The thread — The text first states that Babylon will be captured and her gods disgraced, then records this theme in Isaiah 21:9, Isaiah 46:1, and Jeremiah 51:44.
Why it lands — The verse demands an unhidden proclamation that human power and false gods are subject to divine judgment, leaving the reader to recognize that no earthly authority escapes God’s sovereign decree.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 46:1 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- Isaiah 21:9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
- Jeremiah 51:44 I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
- Jeremiah 51:47 Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
- Psalms 64:9 Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
- Psalms 96:3 Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
- Isaiah 12:4 and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- Isaiah 13:2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
- Isaiah 37:19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- Isaiah 39:1 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.