Jeremiah 50:7All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.
The setting
Babylon, ~587 BC. Nations surrounding Israel using Israel's exile to justify their own attacks, modern-day Iraq, Syria, Jordan...
The emotion here: recording divine anger while witnessing injustice firsthand
The original word
tsaddiq (צַדִּיק) — righteous, but here 'habitation of righteousness' means God as the dwelling place of justice
Why it matters
Enemy nations literally said 'God must approve of us attacking Israel since He let us win'
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 50:7
The enemies claimed they were NOT GUILTY — they twisted Israel's sin into their own justification
Common misconceptionPeople think God is saying Israel deserved everything that happened, but He's actually condemning the enemies who used Israel's sin to justify their own cruelty.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 50:7
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 50:7 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 50:7 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to God. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 30% and a tone that is prophetic. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include enemy exploitation, divine justice, false justification. Notable phrases: devoured them; We are not guilty. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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