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Jeremiah 51:2
2I will send foreign soldiers to remove them from their land, like a wind that blows chaff away. They will make the land become empty. On the day of that great trouble, they will attack Babylonia from all directions.
Jeremiah 51:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom They shall be against her all around.
Context of Jeremiah 51:2
1The Lord says this: ‘I will send an enemy to destroy Babylon and the people of Babylonia. It will come like a strong wind that blows them away. I will send foreign soldiers to remove them from their land, like a wind that blows chaff away. They will make the land become empty. On the day of that great trouble, they will attack Babylonia from all directions. 3Do not give Babylon's soldiers time to pick up their weapons! Do not give them time to put on their armour! Kill all their young men. Completely destroy their whole army. 4Their dead bodies will lie on the ground all over Babylonia and in the streets of the city.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:2 word by word
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֨י לְבָבֶ֤ל׀ זָרִים֙ וְזֵר֔וּהָ וִיבֹקְק֖וּ אֶת־אַרְצָ֑הּ כִּֽי־הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מִסָּבִ֖יב בְּי֥וֹם רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- unto Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
- fannersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
- that shall fanזָרָהzârâh · to scatterH2219
- her, and shall emptyבָּקַקbâqaq · to emptyH1238
- her landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- for in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of troubleרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
- they shall be against her round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:2
- Jeremiah 15:7I will punish the people of every town in the land. I will blow them away, like wind blows away straw. My people have refused to change the way that they live. So I will destroy them and their children too.
- Isaiah 41:16You will throw them into the air, and the wind will blow them away in all directions! You will be happy with what the Lord has done for you. You will boast that the Holy God of Israel is your God.
- Ezekiel 5:12Illness or famine will kill one third of your people inside the city. The soldiers who are around the city will kill a third of your people. And I will chase away a third of them to all parts of the earth. I will cause their enemies to run after them with their swords.
- Matthew 3:12He is like a farmer that brings the wheat home from his field. He uses a special tool to throw the wheat up in the air. He does this to make the wheat seeds separate from what remains. Then he cleans his yard. He carefully stores all the seeds to keep them safe. But he burns everything else in a great fire that nobody can put out.’
- Jeremiah 51:27‘Call the nations to come and fight a battle against Babylonia. Wave a flag and make a noise with trumpets, so that these kingdoms prepare their armies to attack: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Choose a captain to lead them into battle. Send an army of soldiers on horses to attack, like a large crowd of locusts.
- Jeremiah 50:14‘Get ready to fight, all you soldiers who have bows and arrows. Stand in your places around Babylon. Shoot your arrows into the city! Shoot all of them! Punish Babylon, because its people have turned against the Lord.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And will send - fanners - When the corn is trodden out with the feet of cattle, or crushed out with a heavy wheel armed with iron, with a shovel they throw it up against the wind, that the chaff and broken straw may be separated from it. This is the image used by the prophet; these people shall be trodden, crushed, and fanned by their enemies.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Fanners - Or, winnowers.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The Lord chose Persia, led by Cyrus, to destroy Babylon in 539 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. fanners--(See on Jr 15:7). The fanners separate the wheat from the chaff; so God's judgments shall sweep away guilty Babylon as chaff (Psa 1:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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