Jeremiah 50:36 “A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A s…”

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

World English Bible

A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.

American Standard Version

A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

Geneva Bible 1599

A sworde is vpon the soothsaiers, and they shall dote: a sword is vpon her strong men, and they shalbe afraide.

Darby Translation

the sword is upon the liars, and they shall become fools; the sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed;

Young's Literal Translation

A sword [is] on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword [is] on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

Bible in Basic English

A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.

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Cross references

“upon the liars”

Isaiah 44:25 Jeremiah 48:30 Isaiah 43:14 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11 1 Timothy 4:2 Revelation 19:20

Isaiah 44:25 · BSB

who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

Jeremiah 48:30 · BSB

I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.

Isaiah 43:14 · BSB

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

2 Thessalonians 2:9–11 · BSB

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

1 Timothy 4:2 · BSB

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

Revelation 19:20 · BSB

But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive…

“dote”

2 Samuel 17:14 2 Chronicles 25:16 Isaiah 47:10–15 1 Timothy 6:4 2 Samuel 15:31

2 Samuel 17:14 · BSB

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16 · BSB

While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have d…

Isaiah 47:10–15 · BSB

You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

1 Timothy 6:4 · BSB

he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

2 Samuel 15:31 · BSB

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

“her mighty”

Jeremiah 49:22 Nahum 3:13 Jeremiah 50:30 Jeremiah 51:23 Jeremiah 51:30 Jeremiah 51:32

Jeremiah 49:22 · BSB

Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Nahum 3:13 · BSB

Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

Jeremiah 50:30 · BSB

Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:23 · BSB

With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.

Jeremiah 51:30 · BSB

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

Jeremiah 51:32 · BSB

The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

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

In context

35A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.

37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

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