Jeremiah 50:2
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
נָגַד
declare
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נָגַד
To tell, to declare, to make known. Nagad. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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חָתַת
it will be shattered
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חָתַת
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
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לָכַד
it will be captured
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לָכַד
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
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נֵס
a standard
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נֵס
a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
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כָּחַד
you hide it
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כָּחַד
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
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גִּלּוּל
idols/ its
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גִּלּוּל
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
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בֵּל
Bel
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בֵּל
Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians
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מְרֹדָךְ
Marduk
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מְרֹדָךְ
Merodak, a Babylonian idol
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עָצָב
images/ its
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עָצָב
an (idolatrous) image
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