Jeremiah 50:21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the Lord.
Note LXX Avenge, O sword,
Note Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in verse 26.
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.
Note of Merathaim: or, of the rebels
Note Pekod: or, Visitation
“Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says the Lord, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- up
- Jeremiah 50:3, 9, 15
- Merathaim
- or, the rebels. Pekod. or, visitation.
- Ezekiel 23:23
- and do
- Jeremiah 34:22; Jeremiah 48:10; Numbers 31:14–18; 1 Samuel 15:3, 11–24; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 18:25; 2 Chronicles 36:23; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 48:14