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Jeremiah 50:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 50:21

Verse 21 of 46

Scripture focus

Go up against the land of Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

Jeremiah 50:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 50:21

Theological / Devotional

Merathaim. A Hebrew dual form, probably from the Heb. mar ah, “to be rebellious,” and thus meaning “double rebellion.” The name may be used to emphasize the gravity of the rebellion of the Babylonians against Jehovah. The Babylonians had had ample opportunity to know and to serve the true God through the witness of the Jewish captives in their midst. The use of this name for Babylon may also be a play on words.

Marratim was the Babylonian name for a lagoon in southern Babylonia at the head of the Persian Gulf.

Pekod. Literally, “visitation,” here doubtless in the sense of punishment (see on ch. 46:21). Like Merathaim, it appears to be a play on a Babylonian term, probably in this case on Puqudu, the name of an Aramaean tribe in southeastern Babylonia. These people are mentioned in Eze. 23:23 as being in the Babylonian army.

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