Jer 50 outline: (1) Judgment on Babylon: vv 1-3. (2)
Redemption of Israel: vv 4-8. (3) Desolations decreed on Babylon: vv. 9-16. (4)
The sheep restored to pasture: vv 17-20. (5) Woe to Babylon: vv 21-32. (6)
Israel's strong redeemer will deliver: vv 33,34. (7) The sword of destiny on
Babylon: vv 35-39. (8) The renowned conqueror of Babylon: vv 40-44. (9) The
least of the flock shall attack: vv 45,46.
Jer 50:20
The sins of God's people: "Covered" (Psa 32:1), "Removed" (Psa
103:12), "Cast behind God's back" (Isa 38:17), "Blotted out" (Psa 51:1; Isa
44:22), "Washed away" (Psa 51:2,7), "Remembered no more" (Jer 31:34), "Sought
for but not found" (Jer 50:20), "Cast into the depths of the sea" (Mic
7:19).
Jer 50:23
HAMMER: Related to "Vulcan's hammer", or Cush or Chaos
-- which led to the tower of Babel (2Bab 28).
Jer 50:37
FOREIGNERS: Heb "ereb", with particular ref to Arab
peoples: cp sw Neh 13:3; Eze 30;5; Jer 25:20,24 (see Lesson,
Arab/"mixed").
Jer 50:38
A DROUGHT ON HER WATERS: The drying up of the Euphrates
River: Rev 16:12; Isa 11:15.