Jeremiah 51:3
Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.
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4And the dead will be stretched out in the land of the Chaldaeans, and the wounded in her streets.
Cross References
Psalms 137:9Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
Jeremiah 9:21For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.
Jeremiah 50:14Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:27Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Jeremiah 50:41See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
James 2:13For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →