Jeremiah 50:37 “A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreign…”

Jeremiah 50:37

A 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

World English Bible

A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.

American Standard Version

A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

Geneva Bible 1599

A sworde is vpon their horses and vpon their charets, and vpon all the multitude that are in the middes of her, and they shall be like women: a sworde is vpon her treasures, and they shall be spoyled.

Darby Translation

the sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women; the sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed:

Young's Literal Translation

A sword [is] on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who [are] in her midst, And they have become women; A sword [is] on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled;

Bible in Basic English

A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

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Cross references

“their horses”

Jeremiah 51:21 Psalm 46:9 Psalm 76:6 Ezekiel 39:20 Nahum 2:2–4 Nahum 2:13

Jeremiah 51:21 · BSB

With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.

Psalm 46:9 · BSB

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

Psalm 76:6 · BSB

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.

Ezekiel 39:20 · BSB

And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.

Nahum 2:2–4 · BSB

For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.

Nahum 2:13 · BSB

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will…

“all the”

Jeremiah 25:20 Ezekiel 30:5 Jeremiah 25:24

Jeremiah 25:20 · BSB

all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Ezekiel 30:5 · BSB

Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

Jeremiah 25:24 · BSB

all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;

“as women”

Jeremiah 51:30 Nahum 3:13 Jeremiah 48:41 Isaiah 19:16

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.

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 48:41 · BSB

Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 19:16 · BSB

In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

“her treasures”

Isaiah 45:3 Jeremiah 50:26

Isaiah 45:3 · BSB

I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

Jeremiah 50:26 · BSB

Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.

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

In context

36A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

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