Jeremiah 51:21

With you I will smash horses and their riders; with you I will smash chariots and their drivers. 1

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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

20You are my war hammer, my weapon for battle. 1 With you I will smash nations and destroy kingdoms. 1

22With you I will smash each man and woman; with you I will smash the old and the young. 1 With you I will smash the young men and the virgin girls. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to Yahweh. They sang, 1 “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously; 1 the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea. 1

Psalms 46:9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; 1 he breaks the bow and cuts the spear into pieces; 1 he burns up the shields. 1

Jeremiah 50:37A sword is coming against their horses, their chariots and all of the people who are in the midst of Babylon, 1 so they will become like women. A sword is coming against her storerooms, and they will be plundered. 1

Micah 5:10“It will happen in that day”—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 “that I will destroy your horses from among you 1 and will demolish your chariots. 1

Haggai 2:22For I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations! 1 I will overthrow the chariots and their riders; the horses and their riders will fall down, each one because of his brother's sword. 2

Zechariah 12:4On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with madness. Over the house of Judah I will open my eyes, but every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.

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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