Jeremiah 50:7
What does Jeremiah 50:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 50:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
KJV
King James Version · 1611All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers--Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752All that found them, have devoured them: and their enemies said: We have not sinned in so doing: because they have sinned against the Lord the beauty of justice, and against the Lord the hope of their fathers.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890All that found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
Context
v.6My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.
v.7This passage
v.8Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 40:2
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;
- 1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope;
- Jeremiah 12:7
I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
- Psalms 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.
- Isaiah 47:6
I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Psalms 22:4
Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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