Jeremiah 51:3
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 her whole host!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4Thus shall they fall down slain in the land of the Chaldaeans, And thrust through in her streets.
Cross References
Psalms 137:9Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!
Jeremiah 9:21For death cometh in through our windows, It entereth our palaces; It cutteth off the children from the street, And the young men from the public places.
Jeremiah 50:14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: All ye that bend the bow, shoot at her; Spare not the arrows! For she hath sinned against Jehovah.
Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe unto them, For their day is come, The time of their punishment!
Jeremiah 50:41Behold, a nation cometh from the North, And a great people and many kings shall rise up from the extremities of the earth.
James 2:13For the judgment shall be without mercy to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth against 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 →