Bible Strands
Jeremiah 50:26
Come 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet delivers a divine command to invade Babylon from its outermost boundaries, immediately following the declaration that Yahweh has deployed His weapons of wrath against the Chaldeans.
The words — The imperative פִּתְח֣וּ (pit.Chu) means "open" or "break open," while וְ/הַחֲרִמ֑וּ/הָ (ve./ha.cha.ri.Mu./ha) translates to "devote to destruction" or "place under the ban."
The thread — This imagery of total desolation parallels the judgment decrees in Isaiah 14:23 and the complete plundering of Chaldea described in Jeremiah 50:10.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine judgment operates with absolute finality, leaving no room for negotiation or escape from the stated consequences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 14:23 “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.
- Isaiah 45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
- Jeremiah 50:10 Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 5:26 He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- Isaiah 10:6 I 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.
- Isaiah 25:10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
- Isaiah 63:3 “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.
- Jeremiah 50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
- Jeremiah 50:15 Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
- Jeremiah 50:23 How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!