Jeremiah 50:22
What does Jeremiah 50:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 50:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A noise of battle <FI>is<Fi> in the land, and of great destruction.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Context
v.21Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
v.22This passage
v.23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
- Jeremiah 51:54
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
- Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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