Jeremiah 51:21

With your power I have shattered armies of other nations: I destroyed their horses and their riders, their chariots and their chariot-drivers.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

In Context

20Yahweh says about the army of Babylonia (OR, about a nation that will attack Babylonia), “You have been like [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your power I have shattered nations and destroyed many kingdoms.

22With your power I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:1Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him: “I will sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea!

Psalms 46:9He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows and arrows; he destroys spears; he burns up shields.

Jeremiah 50:37They will strike their horses and chariots and the foreigners who are in the army of Babylonia, and they will all become as weak as [MET] women. They will seize [MTY] all the valuable things there in Babylon and take them away.

Micah 5:10Yahweh says, “At that time, I will destroy you Israeli people’s horses that your soldiers use in war and your chariots.

Haggai 2:22I will end the power of the kings of many nations [DOU]. I will cause their chariots and their drivers, their horses and the soldiers who are riding on them to be destroyed. What will happen is that I will cause the soldiers to kill each other with their swords.

Zechariah 12:4At that time I will cause every one of their enemies’ horses to panic, and their riders to become crazy. I [IDM] will protect the people of Judah, but I will cause all their enemies’ horses to become blind.

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 →

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