Bible Strands
Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to announce His impending judgment on Babylon and the Chaldeans, immediately following a declaration of His unstoppable power in 50:44 and preceding the global reaction to the city's fall in 50:46.
The words — The Hebrew לָכֵן (lāḵēn) means "therefore," anchoring the announcement to the preceding declaration of divine sovereignty. The verbs שִׁמְעוּ (šimʿû, "hear") and יָעֵץ (yāʿēṣ, "has planned") frame the passage as a binding decree that demands attention to God's intentional design against Babylon.
The thread — This structure repeats the identical announcement against Edom in Jeremiah 49:20 and aligns with the pattern that Yahweh thwarts the plans of nations, as stated in Psalm 33:10. The certainty of Babylon's ruin anticipates the vindication and public testimony detailed in Jeremiah 51:10.
Why it lands — The text states that God's deliberate strategies will cause the capture of the vulnerable and the desolation of Babylon's pasture, demanding recognition of His absolute authority over history. It requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment is intentional, irreversible, and sovereign over all earthly powers.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
- Jeremiah 51:10 “The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
- Psalms 33:10 The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Isaiah 46:10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Jeremiah 37:10 Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
- Acts 4:28 They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
- Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.