Bible Strands
Jeremiah 51:10
“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses a group of exiles or survivors, urging them to gather in Zion after declaring Babylon’s incurable judgment. This proclamation occurs at the transition between the announcement of Babylon’s fall and the call to arms against her.
The words — הוֹצִיא (ho.Tzi') means "he has brought forth," and צִדְקֹתֵינוּ (tzid.ko.Tei.nu) translates to "our righteousness(es)." These terms frame Yahweh’s intervention as a public vindication rather than a private blessing.
The thread — This theme of God bringing forth vindication or righteousness appears in Psalms 37:6 and Jeremiah 50:28, where fugitives from Babylon are commanded to declare His vengeance in Zion. Isaiah 51:11 later echoes the motif of the redeemed returning to Zion with joy.
Why it lands — The text demands that observers witness and report Yahweh’s decisive actions in Zion rather than rely on human healing or political stability. It requires the reader to recognize divine vindication as a public reality that precedes and justifies judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 50:28 Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
- Psalms 37:6 He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 40:2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
- Psalms 9:14 that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Psalms 102:19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
- Psalms 116:18 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,
- Psalms 126:1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Isaiah 52:9 Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 31:6 For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”