Jeremiah 51:4

Jeremiah 51:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
• New International Version (NIV)They will fall down slain in Babylon, fatally wounded in her streets.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, And those thrust through in her streets.

Context of Jeremiah 51:4

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. 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. Their 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. 6Run away from Babylonia! Run quickly to escape from there! Do not stay there to die along with Babylonia's people. The time has come for the Lord to pay them back for their sins. He will punish them as they deserve.

Jeremiah 51:4 word by word

וְנָפְל֥וּ חֲלָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus the slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• thrust throughדָּקַרdâqar · to pierceH1856
• in her streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:4

• Jeremiah 49:26Its young men will die in its streets. All its soldiers will be dead.
• Jeremiah 50:30So Babylon's young men will die in its streets. All its soldiers will die in battle on that day.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Isaiah 13:15The enemy soldiers will catch all those who do not escape. They will use their swords to kill everyone that they catch.
• Isaiah 14:19But as for you, Babylon's king, they have thrown you out! You have no grave! You are like a branch that has broken off. You lie among the dead bodies of soldiers that their enemies have killed with their swords. They have thrown your body into a big hole in the rocks, and they have walked over it.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Translate it: “And they,” i. e., the young men who form her host Jeremiah 51:3, “shall fall slain in the land of the Chaldaeans, and pierced through in her streets,” i. e., the streets of Babylon.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. 44. (See on Jr 49:26; Jr 50:30; Jr 50:37).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Device
• Empty
• Hold
• Mount
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Zedekiah (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