Jeremiah 50:16
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
KJV
Disperdite satorem de Babylone, et tenentem falcem in tempore messis : a facie gladii columbæ unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
Vulgate
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
ASV
כִּרְת֤וּ זוֹרֵ֨עַ֙ מִ/בָּבֶ֔ל וְ/תֹפֵ֥שׂ מַגָּ֖ל בְּ/עֵ֣ת קָצִ֑יר מִ/פְּנֵי֙ חֶ֣רֶב הַ/יּוֹנָ֔ה אִ֤ישׁ אֶל עַמּ/וֹ֙ יִפְנ֔וּ וְ/אִ֥ישׁ לְ/אַרְצ֖/וֹ יָנֻֽסוּ
Hebrew
Destroy the sower out of Babylon, and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 13:14 — And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
- Isa 13:14 — And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
- Jer 46:16 — He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
- Jer 51:9 — We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
- Jer 51:9 — We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
- Joel 1:11 — Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.