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Jeremiah 50:27 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 50 · verse 27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.Jeremiah 50:27 · King James Version
Jeremiah 50:27 in context
25The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- slaughterṭebachproperly, something slaughteredH2874 →
- bullockspara bullockH6499 →
- Slaychârabto parchH2717 →
- comebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
- woehôwyoh!H1945 →
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Here, 1. The forces are mustered and commissioned to destroy Babylon, and every thing is got ready for a descent upon that potent kingdom: Go up against that land by Merathaim, the country of the Mardi, that lay part in Assyria and part in Armenia;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-32