Jeremiah 50:16 meaning and explanation

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.

Jeremiah 50:16, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah about Babylon's coming fall. Verse 16 pictures the ordinary rhythm of farming broken: no one sows and no one reaps, because the enemy's sword is at hand.

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