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Jeremiah 51:40
40‘I will take them down to the place of death. People will kill them as if they are lambs, sheep and goats.’
Jeremiah 51:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
- New International Version (NIV)“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.
Context of Jeremiah 51:40
38Its people shout loudly, like lions that roar. They make a noise like baby lions that are hungry. 39While they are feeling so hungry, I will prepare a feast for them. I will cause them to become drunk, and they will become helpless. They will sleep for ever and they will never wake up again.’ That is what the Lord says. ‘I will take them down to the place of death. People will kill them as if they are lambs, sheep and goats.’ 41‘Now an enemy will take power over Babylon! Everyone in the world praised it as a great nation. But now all the nations will see that it is a disgusting place. 42The sea will pour over it. Many waves of water will cover it.
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אֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם כְּכָרִ֣ים לִטְב֑וֹחַ כְּאֵילִ֖ים עִם־עַתּוּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:40
- 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!’
- Psalms 37:20But wicked people will die. They are the Lord's enemies. They will disappear like smoke from a fire that burns them up.
- Psalms 44:22But, because we are your people, God, people try to kill us all the time. They think that we are like sheep and we are ready to be killed.
- Isaiah 34:6The Lord's sword has blood all over it! It is the blood of young sheep and goats. It has the fat of meat on it. It is the fat from sheep's kidneys. Yes! The Lord is killing animals for a sacrifice in Bozrah. He will kill many people in Edom.
- Ezekiel 39:18You will eat the meat of great men and you will drink the blood of kings. You will eat them like the fat sheep, cows and animals from Bashan that you eat.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:40
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40Lambs rams he goats - i. e., all classes of the population (see Isaiah 34:6 note).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38-40The Lord announced he would use wine to change the lion, which once terrorized and destroyed nations (Jeremiah 5:6; 25:38; 49:19), into a lamb that is easy to control. Wine as a tool of wrath was usually symbolic (Jeremiah 25:15–29), but here it was real (see Daniel 5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-641. in the midst of them that rise ... against me--literally, "in the heart" of them. Compare Psa 46:2, "the midst of the sea," Margin; Eze 27:4, "the heart of the seas"; Margin; Mt 12:40. In the center of the Chaldeans. "Against Me," because they persecute My people. The cabalistic mode of interpreting Hebrew words (by taking the letters in the inverse order of the alphabet, the last letter representing the first, and so on, Jr 25:26) would give the very…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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