Jeremiah 51:3

Jeremiah 51:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Let not the archer string his bow, nor let him put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her army.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Against her let the archer bend his bow, And lift himself up against her in his armor. Do not spare her young men; Utterly destroy all her army.

Context of Jeremiah 51:3

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. 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. Do 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. 5The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, will not leave Israel and Judah on their own. Those people are guilty of many bad things that they have done against Israel's holy God.

Jeremiah 51:3 word by word

אֶֽל־יִדְרֹ֤ךְ הַדֹּרֵךְ֙ קַשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְאֶל־יִתְעַ֖ל בְּסִרְיֹנ֑וֹ וְאַֽל־תַּחְמְלוּ֙ אֶל־בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָ הַחֲרִ֖ימוּ כָּל־צְבָאָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• bendethדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• his bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• lifteth himself upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• in his brigandineסִרְיֹןsiryôn · armorH5630
• and spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• ye not her young menבָּחוּרbâchûr bâchûr · youthH970
• destroy ye utterlyחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
• all her hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:3

• 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.
• Jeremiah 46:4Prepare your horses and sit on them. Put on your helmets and be ready to fight. Make your spears sharp. Put on your armour!’
• Jeremiah 9:21“Death has come to visit us! It has come into our strong houses. Death has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who meet together in the streets.”
• Jeremiah 50:27Kill all their strong soldiers. Let them go to their place of death! Terrible trouble has come to the people of Babylon. The time of their punishment has arrived!’
• Deuteronomy 32:25If they go out of their homes, their enemies will kill them. If they stay at home, they will die from fear. Young men and young women will die. Babies and old men will also die.
• Psalms 137:9Just like you did to us, they will hit your babies against a rock. May God bless whoever does that to you!
• Isaiah 13:10When he does that, the stars in the sky will give no light. When the sun rises in the morning, it will still be dark. The moon will no longer shine.
• James 2:13God will not forgive anyone who has not forgiven other people. But God is kind! He judges us, but even more than that, he forgives us!
• Jeremiah 50:21The Lord says, ‘Attack the land of Merathaim. Attack the people who live in Pekod. Run after them! Kill them! Completely destroy them! Do everything that I have commanded you to do.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The man who bends the bow, and the heavy-armed soldier who vaunts himself in his coat of mail (Jeremiah 46:4 note), represent the Babylonians who defend the city.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4God acted as a commander and instructed the destroyer to eliminate the Babylonians. devote...to destruction: See Leviticus 27:28–29; 1 Samuel 15:3.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Against him that bendeth--namely, the bow; that is, the Babylonian archer. let the archer bend--that is, the Persian archer (Jr 50:4). The Chaldean version and Jerome, by changing the vowel points, read, "Let not him (the Babylonian) who bendeth his bow bend it." But the close of the verse is addressed to the Median invaders; therefore it is more likely that the first part of the verse is addressed to them, as in English Version, not to the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:3

• Archery
• Arrow
• Brigandine

In the dictionaries

• Brigandine
• Device
• Empty
• Hold
• Mount
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• armor, armory

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