Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
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Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
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Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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Slay all her bullocks, let them go down to the slaughter; woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 50:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 34:7 The wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood, and their dust made greasy with fat.
- Jeremiah 46:21 Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. They didn’t stand, for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.
- Psalms 22:12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
- Psalms 37:13 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
- Jeremiah 48:44 “He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 27:7 All the nations will serve him, his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their bondservant.
- Jeremiah 50:11 “Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
- Jeremiah 50:31 “Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
- Lamentations 1:21 “They have heard that I sigh. There is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble. They are glad that you have done it. You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they will be like me.
- Ezekiel 7:5-7 “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘An evil! A unique evil! Behold, it comes. An end has come. The end has come! It awakes against you. Behold, it comes. Your doom has come to you, inhabitant of the land! The time has come! The day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting, on the mountains.
- Ezekiel 39:17-20 “You, son of man, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, “Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat meat and drink blood. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan. You shall eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. You shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war,” says the Lord Yahweh.’
- Revelation 16:17-19 The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as has not happened since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, and so mighty. The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
- Revelation 18:10 standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’
- Revelation 19:17 I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain He goes on with the same subject; he bids…
He goes on with the same subject; he bids the Persians and the Medes to slay every strong man in Chaldea; for by bullocks he no doubt means by a metaphor all those who excelled in strength, or in power, or in wealth. The sum of what he says is, that the vengeance of which he now speaks, would not only be against the common people, but also against the highest and the choicest among them. He includes then the nobles as well as all the men of war; for he refers not only to strength of body, but also to power and authority.
Slay, then, he says, all her bullocks, that is, whatever is most valued in Chaldea: that was to perish when the day of vengeance came. He afterwards says, let them descend to the slaughter We must ever bear in mind what I have said, that the Prophet gave orders as though he had the Medes and the Persians under his own hand and authority, because the whole world is subject to God’s word. He says, Woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their visitation This was added, because the faithful might have disputed with themselves and said, “How can it be that Babylon should perish so quickly?” For God seemed to have favored that monarchy for a long time, as though he intended to protect it perpetually. Hence the Prophet speaks here of the time of visitation, so that the faithful might not doubt respecting this prophecy, because God had not as yet put forth his band. He then reminded them that God has his fixed times, and that he does not every day visit nations, that is, that he does not execute his judgments every moment, but at the time which he has appointed. Whenever, then, the ungodly securely exult and triumph, let us ever remember this truth, that the time is not yet come for God to execute his judgment; how so? because there is a fixed time of visitation, and that is dependent on God’s will. Let us then learn to bear patiently all our trials until it shall please God to show that he is the judge of the world. It follows,—
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Her princes and mighty men.
Her princes and mighty men.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go…
Jer 50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Ver. 27. Slay all her bullocks.] Heb., Sword them, sheath your swords in their sides. See Jer 50:24.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain bullocks in this place interpreters generally understand the great…
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bullocks in this place interpreters generally understand the great and rich men of Babylon.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Slay all her bullocks,.... Or, "all her mighty ones",…
Slay all her bullocks,.... Or, "all her mighty ones", as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version; her princes and great men, as Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel; compared to bullocks for their strength, fatness, and fierceness; see Psa 22:12; this may well be applied to the slaughter of kings, captains, and mighty men, at the battle of Armageddon, Rev 19:18;
let them go down to the slaughter; to the place slaughter, as oxen do, insensible, and whether they will or not:
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woe unto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation; the time of their destruction, of visiting or punishing them for their sins, appointed by the Lord, which they could not pass; and so a woeful and dreadful time to them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Bullocks - The great and rich men of Babylon.
Bullocks - The great and rich men of Babylon.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 27. Slay all her bullocks] Princes, magistrates, &c.,…
Verse 27. Slay all her bullocks] Princes, magistrates, &c., &c.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Her bullocks - Her strong youths.
Her bullocks - Her strong youths.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain bullocks--that is, princes and strong warriors (Jer 46:21; Psa…
bullocks--that is, princes and strong warriors (Jer 46:21; Psa 22:12; Isa 34:7).
go down to . . . slaughter--The slaughterhouses lay low beside the river; therefore it is said, "go down"; appropriate to Babylon on the Euphrates, the avenue through which the slaughterers entered the city.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. Bullocks — Her warlike young men, the flower…
27. Bullocks — Her warlike young men, the flower of her population.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. her bullocks] her choice youths, the flower of…
27. her bullocks] her choice youths, the flower of her army. Cp. for the figure Isa_34:7. For the expression “go down to the slaughter” cp. Jer_48:15, and for “the time of their visitation” Jer_46:21.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) Slay all her bullocks.—The words are probably to…
(27) Slay all her bullocks.—The words are probably to be taken figuratively of the captains and men of war of Babylon, as in Psa_22:12; Isa_34:7; Jer_48:15 (see Note), and Jer_51:40.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In this verse we are told that the kherem,…
In this verse we are told that the kherem, i.e. the Divine ban, falls upon the entire male population, as in the holy wars of Joshua. (Jos_6:21 Jos_11:11, Jos_11:20) All her bullocks. As in Jer_51:40 Isa_34:6, the doomed people is likened to sacrificial victims. (Jer_46:10) The same fact is described without figure in Jer_48:15. Go down to the slaughter; i.e. be forced down to the slaughtering trough.
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Yahweh continues telling how to destroy the people of Babylon and Chaldea.
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Kill all her bulls. Send them down to the place of slaughter
Possible meaning of "bulls" is 1) soldiers or 2) strong young men. Killing them is spoken of as taking them to a place of slaughter. (See: Metaphor)
Kill all her bulls
Yahweh speaks this to the enemies of Babylon. This can be made clear. AT: "You enemies of Babylon, kill all her bulls" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
her bulls
The word "her" refers to Babylon.
them ... their
The word "them" and "their" refer to the people of Babylon.
their day has come—the time for their punishment
The phrases "their day" and "the time" mean the same thing and can be combined. AT: "the time for their punishment has come" (See: Doublet)
There is the sound of those fleeing
"Listen and you will hear those who are fleeing"
those ... those ... These
The words "those" and "These" refer to the survivors from Babylon who will tell others about Yahweh's vengeance.
the vengeance of Yahweh our God for Zion, and vengeance for his temple
The abstract noun "vengeance" can be stated as an action. AT: "Yahweh our God has taken revenge for what they did to Zion and to his temple in Jerusalem" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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cow
send
slaughter
woe
punish
report
avenge
Zion
temple
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