Jeremiah 50:24
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
KJV
Illaqueavi te, et capta es, Babylon, et nesciebas : inventa es et apprehensa, quoniam Dominum provocasti.
Vulgate
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.
ASV
יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי לָ֤/ךְ וְ/גַם נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְ/אַ֖תְּ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עַתְּ נִמְצֵאת֙ וְ/גַם נִתְפַּ֔שְׂתְּ כִּ֥י בַֽ/יהוָ֖ה הִתְגָּרִֽית
Hebrew
I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 5:30 — In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
- Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
- Jer 50:29 — Call 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
- Job 9:4 — He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
- Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- Job 40:9 — Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?