Jeremiah 51:27

Jeremiah 51:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
• New International Version (NIV)“Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her; summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Set up a banner in the land, Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations against her, Call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a general against her; Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.

Context of Jeremiah 51:27

25The Lord says, ‘Listen to me, Babylon! I am your enemy! You are like a strong mountain that destroys the whole earth. I will punish you with all my strength. I will push you down from your high place. I will make you a heap of ashes. 26Nobody will be able to use any of your stones as a foundation for a new building. You will remain as empty as a desert for ever.’ That is what the Lord says. ‘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. 28Tell the nations to prepare their armies for war against Babylonia. Tell the kings of Media to get ready, as well as their leaders and officers. The armies of the countries that they rule must also be ready to fight. 29The whole earth will shake with pain as the Lord punishes Babylonia. He will certainly do what he has decided to do. He will make the land of Babylonia as empty as a desert. Nobody will live there.

Jeremiah 51:27 word by word

שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס בָּאָ֗רֶץ תִּקְע֨וּ שׁוֹפָ֤ר בַּגּוֹיִם֙ קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם הַשְׁמִ֧יעוּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מַמְלְכ֥וֹת אֲרָרַ֖ט מִנִּ֣י וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז פִּקְד֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ טִפְסָ֔ר הַֽעֲלוּ־ס֖וּס כְּיֶ֥לֶק סָמָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Set ye upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• a standardנֵסnês · ensignH5251
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• blowתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• the trumpetשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• prepareקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: prepareH6942
• against her, call togetherשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: proclaimH8085
• against her the kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• of Araratאֲרָרַט'ărâraţ · AraratH780
• Minniמִנִּיminnîy · MinniH4508
• and Ashchenazאַשְׁכְּנַז'ashkenaz · AshkenazH813
• appointפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: overseerH6485
• a captainטִפְסָרţiphsar · officialH2951
• against her; cause the horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• to come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: attackH5927
• as the roughסָמָרsâmâr · roughH5569
• caterpillersיֶ֫לֶקyeleq · locustH3218

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:27

• Jeremiah 51:12Wave a flag and prepare to attack Babylon's city walls! Bring plenty of guards to watch all around the city. Put soldiers to catch anyone who tries to escape. Yes, the Lord will now do everything that he has decided. He will punish Babylon's people, as he said he would do.
• Jeremiah 6:1You descendants of Benjamin, you must run away to be safe! Escape from Jerusalem! Make a noise with a trumpet in Tekoa! Light a fire to warn people in Beth-Hakkerem! A great army is coming from the north. It will come to destroy everything!
• Jeremiah 50:2‘Tell this news to the nations! Wave a flag to make sure that people listen! Do not try to hide anything. Say this: “Enemies will take Babylon. Bel will become ashamed. Yes, Marduk will be afraid. All Babylon's disgusting idols will be ashamed.”
• Isaiah 13:2Lift up a sign on an empty hill. Shout aloud for an army to attack! Wave your hand! Then they will go through the city gates into the rulers' palaces.
• Isaiah 18:3All you people who live in the world, listen to this! You will see a battle flag on the mountains. You will hear the sound of a trumpet.
• Amos 3:6Also, if the people in a city hear a trumpet's sound, they become very afraid. If bad trouble comes to a city, it means that the Lord has sent it.
• Zechariah 14:2I will bring soldiers from all countries to fight against Jerusalem. They will go into the city and they will rob the houses. They will have sex with the women. They will lead away half the people to other countries. They will let the other half stay in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 25:14Many nations and great kings will have power over the king of Babylon and his people. The Babylonians will become their slaves. In that way, I will punish the Babylonians for all the bad things that they did to my people.” ’
• Genesis 8:4On the 17th day of the seventh month, the ship stopped on the ground. It was sitting on the top of Ararat mountains.
• Genesis 10:3These are the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
• 1 Chronicles 1:6Gomer's sons were: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
• Jeremiah 51:14The Lord Almighty has made this strong promise with the authority of his own name: ‘I will cause the enemy's soldiers to fill your cities. They will come like a big crowd of locusts. They will shout loudly when they take your city for themselves.’
• Jeremiah 46:23Egypt's soldiers are as many as the trees in a great forest. But the enemy's soldiers will cut them down. Their army is like a hungry crowd of locusts. They are too many to count.
• Jeremiah 50:41‘Look! An army is coming from the north. A great nation and many kings are preparing to attack. They are coming from a place that is far away.
• Judges 6:5The groups of enemies came with their animals. They put up their tents all across the land. They came like a cloud of locusts. They were too many to count as they arrived on their camels. They took everything that grew on the land.
• Joel 2:2That day will be sad and dark. There will be dark clouds. A great big army is coming. It comes across the sky like light in the morning. A great army like this has never come before. And it will never come again in future years.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Set ye up a standard - Another summons to the Medes and Persians to attack Babylon. Ararat, Minni - The Greater and Lesser Armenia. And Ashchenaz - A part of Phrygia, near the Hellespont. So Bochart, Phaleg, lib. 1 c. 3, lib. 3 c. 9. Concerning Ashchenaz Homer seems to speak, Il. 2:370, 371: - , ,<-144 ' . "Ascanius, godlike youth, and Phorcys led The Phrygians from Ascania's distant land." Calmet thinks that the Ascantes, who dwelt in the vicinity of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Ararat, see the Genesis 8:4 note. Minni, probably the western portion of Armenia, as Ararat was that in the center and to the east. Armenia was at this time subject to Media. Ashchenaz was between the Euxine and the Caspian Seas. A captain - Some prefer the Septuagint rendering in Nahum 3:17: “a mingled mass of people.” (Others, a “scribe,” an Assyrian term.) The rough caterpillers - i. e., locusts in their third stage, when their wings are still…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28Ararat was a mountainous region north of Babylon. Ashkenaz was Noah’s great-grandson through Japheth and Gomer (Genesis 10:2–3). His descendants likely lived in Ararat, as did the people of Minni, who are otherwise unknown.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. (Jr 50:29). As in Jr 51:12 the Babylonians were told to "set up the standard," so here her foes are told to do so: the latter, to good purpose; the former, in vain. Ararat--Upper or Major Armenia, the regions about Mount Ararat. Minni--Lower or Lesser Armenia. Rawlinson says that Van was the capital of Minni. It was conquered by Tettarrassa, the general of Tetembar II, the Assyrian king whose wars are recorded on the black obelisk now in the British…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:27

• Ararat
• Armenia
• Ashkenaz
• Caterpillar
• Minni
• Persia
• Trumpet

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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