Jeremiah 51:3

אֶֽל ־ יִדְרֹךְ ידרך הַדֹּרֵךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶל ־ יִתְעַל בְּסִרְיֹנוֹ וְאַֽל ־ תַּחְמְלוּ אֶל ־ בַּחֻרֶיהָ הַחֲרִימוּ כָּל ־ צְבָאָֽהּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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 host.

In Context

2וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי לְבָבֶל ׀ זָרִים וְזֵרוּהָ וִיבֹקְקוּ אֶת ־ אַרְצָהּ כִּֽי ־ הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב בְּיוֹם רָעָֽה ׃

4וְנָפְלוּ חֲלָלִים בְּאֶרֶץ כַּשְׂדִּים וּמְדֻקָּרִים בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 137:9אַשְׁרֵי ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵז וְנִפֵּץ אֶֽת ־ עֹלָלַיִךְ אֶל ־ הַסָּֽלַע ׃

Jeremiah 9:21דַּבֵּר כֹּה נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה וְנָֽפְלָה נִבְלַת הָֽאָדָם כְּדֹמֶן עַל ־ פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה וּכְעָמִיר מֵאַחֲרֵי הַקֹּצֵר וְאֵין מְאַסֵּֽף ׃ ס

Jeremiah 50:14עִרְכוּ עַל ־ בָּבֶל ׀ סָבִיב כָּל ־ דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת יְדוּ אֵלֶיהָ אַֽל ־ תַּחְמְלוּ אֶל ־ חֵץ כִּי לַֽיהוָה חָטָֽאָה ׃

Jeremiah 50:27חִרְבוּ כָּל ־ פָּרֶיהָ יֵרְדוּ לַטָּבַח הוֹי עֲלֵיהֶם כִּֽי ־ בָא יוֹמָם עֵת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם ׃ ס

Jeremiah 50:41הִנֵּה עַם בָּא מִצָּפוֹן וְגוֹי גָּדוֹל וּמְלָכִים רַבִּים יֵעֹרוּ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃

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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