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Jeremiah 50:43 Cross-References
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“The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.”
Jeremiah 50:43 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them (שָׁמַע מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל אֶת־שִׁמְעָם, shama melekh-Bavel et-shim'am)—Belshazzar (or Nabonidus) receives intelligence about the advancing coalition. And his hands waxed feeble (וְרָפוּ יָדָיו, v'rafu yadav)—his hands 'became slack,' lost strength. This exact phrase describes demoralized soldiers unable to fight (Jeremiah 6:24, Ezekiel 7:17). Psychological defeat precedes military defeat.Anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail (צָרָה הֶחֱזִיקַתְהוּ חִיל כַּיּוֹלֵדָה, tsarah hecheziqathu chil kayyoledah)—The birth-pangs metaphor...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 50:43
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“she turns herself to flee”
“and one messenger to meet another”
“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”
“like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I can't see.”
“and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.”
“he shall come up and fly as the eagle”