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 · 2000

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

A noise of battle <FI>is<Fi> in the land, and of great destruction.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

A 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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