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Jeremiah 50:24
I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Babylon during a prophetic oracle of judgment, declaring the city's imminent downfall immediately after describing its shattered power.
The words — יָקֹשְׁתִּי (ya.Ko.she.ti) means "I set a trap," and נִלְכַּדְתְּ (nil.kadT) means "you were caught," highlighting the suddenness of divine entrapment.
The thread — This theme of inescapable divine judgment against defiant powers runs through Job 9:4, Daniel 5:30, and Job 40:2.
Why it lands — It requires readers to acknowledge that challenging God guarantees capture, demanding sober recognition of divine sovereignty over human rebellion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.
Cross-references
- Job 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
- Daniel 5:30 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
- Job 40:2 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
- Job 40:9 Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Exodus 10:3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
- Isaiah 21:3 Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
- Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Jeremiah 51:8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.