King James Version
Jeremiah 50:27 in the King James Version says “Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visita...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.”
Jeremiah 50:27 · KJV
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. from: Heb. from the end cast: or, tread her
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
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 unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
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properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all her bullocks”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“let them go down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“to the slaughter”
H2874properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“unto them! for their day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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