Jeremiah 50:2 ““Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it…”

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

World English Bible

“Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’

American Standard Version

Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.

Geneva Bible 1599

Declare among the nations, and publish it, and set vp a standart, proclaime it and conceale it not: say, Babel is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken downe: her idols are confounded, and their images are burst in pieces.

Darby Translation

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and lift up a banner; publish, conceal not! Say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed: her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.

Young's Literal Translation

'Declare ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.

Bible in Basic English

Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.

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Cross references

“Declare”

Jeremiah 6:18 Jeremiah 31:10 Jeremiah 46:14 Psalm 64:9 Psalm 96:3 Isaiah 12:4

Jeremiah 6:18 · BSB

Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.

Jeremiah 31:10 · BSB

Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

Jeremiah 46:14 · BSB

“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’

Psalm 64:9 · BSB

Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

Psalm 96:3 · BSB

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.

Isaiah 12:4 · BSB

and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.

“set up”

Isaiah 13:2

Isaiah 13:2 · BSB

Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

“Babylon”

Isaiah 21:9 Jeremiah 51:8 Revelation 18:2 Revelation 14:8

Isaiah 21:9 · BSB

Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Jeremiah 51:8 · BSB

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

Revelation 18:2 · BSB

And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

Revelation 14:8 · BSB

Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

“Bel”

Isaiah 46:1 Jeremiah 51:44

Isaiah 46:1 · BSB

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

Jeremiah 51:44 · BSB

I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.

“Merodach”

Jeremiah 52:31 Isaiah 39:1

Jeremiah 52:31 · BSB

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and…

Isaiah 39:1 · BSB

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.

“her idols”

Jeremiah 50:46 Isaiah 37:19 Zephaniah 2:11 Jeremiah 43:12 Jeremiah 43:13

Jeremiah 50:46 · BSB

At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

Isaiah 37:19 · BSB

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Zephaniah 2:11 · BSB

The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

Jeremiah 43:12 · BSB

I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garm…

Jeremiah 43:13 · BSB

He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

Also

Jeremiah 51:47 Jeremiah 51:31 Jeremiah 4:16 Jeremiah 51:52

Jeremiah 51:47 · BSB

Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

Jeremiah 51:31 · BSB

One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

Jeremiah 4:16 · BSB

Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 51:52 · BSB

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:

3For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”

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