Jeremiah 51:3
Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military.
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In Context
4And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in its regions.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:21‘For death has climbed through our windows. It has entered our houses to perish the little children from the outdoors, the youths from the streets.’”
Jeremiah 50:14Prepare yourselves against Babylon, on every side, all you who bend the bow. Make war against her! You should not spare the arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:27Scatter all her strong ones. Let them descend to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has arrived, the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah 50:41Behold, a people arrives from the north, and a great nation. And many kings will rise up from the ends of the earth.
James 2:13For judgment is without mercy toward him who has not shown mercy. But mercy exalts itself above judgment.
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 →