Reference

Jeremiah 50:31

Destruction at Coming Punishment Language Literal Fulfillment Prophetic Methods of Communication

“Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.”

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.

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.

Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

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Destruction at Coming

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Punishment Language

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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Literal Fulfillment

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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

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Destruction at Coming

The verse speaks of a "day" and "time" for judgment, but it does not explicitly link this to "Christ's return." The language "I am against thee" and "I will visit thee" could refer to a more immediate or historical judgment rather than an eschatological event.

Punishment Language

While the verse speaks of God being "against" someone and a "day" of visitation, it does not explicitly use words like "punish," "torment," or "vengeance," which are central to the theme's definition. The phrase "I will visit thee" could be interpreted more broadly than solely as a punitive action.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse speaks of a "day" and "time" of visitation, these terms are often used metaphorically in prophetic literature to denote a period of judgment or divine intervention, rather than a single, precisely defined literal event.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes a divine declaration of judgment but does not specify the method by which this declaration was communicated to a prophet, nor does it mention any of the specific means listed in the theme definition.

Destruction at Coming

Related Verses

Jeremiah 50:27

“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 50:32

“And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.”

Jeremiah 51:25

“Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.”

Jeremiah 50:18

“Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.”

Ezekiel 5:8

“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.”

Thematic Connections

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