The interpretation timeline

Jer 50:24

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jer 50:24 · Douay-Rheims
“I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
444
A.D.
Cyril of Alexandria Patristic
A.D. 376–444
“Now had you been truly desirous of learning, you would have heard from him the things that lead on to eternal life; but as you wickedly tempted him, you will hear nothing more than those commands only that were given to them of old time by Moses. For "what," said he, "is written in the law? How do you read it?" And on the lawyer's repeating what is enacted in the law, as if to punish his wickedness and reprove his malicious purpose, Christ, as knowing all things, said, "You have answered rightly; do this, and you shall live." The lawyer has missed his prey; he has shot wide of the mark, his wickedness is unsuccessful, the sting of envy has ceased, the net of deceit is torn asunder, his sowing bears no fruit, his toil gains no profit; and like some ship that misfortune has overwhelmed, he has suffered a bitter wreck. Let us, therefore, cry out against him in the words of Jeremiah, "You are found and caught, because you have stood up against the Lord."”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.