English Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:27
27"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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Raise a signal flag to the nations. Sound the battle cry! Mobilize them all against Babylon. Prepare them to fight against her! Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander, and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!
Context of Jeremiah 51:27
25"Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the Lord, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain. 26No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, declares the Lord. "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. 28Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion. 29The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 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 51:12"Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 6:1Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:2"Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
- Isaiah 13:2On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.
- Isaiah 18:3All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear!
- Amos 3:6Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?
- Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Jeremiah 25:14For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
- Genesis 8:4and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
- Genesis 10:3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Jeremiah 51:14The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts, and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.
- Jeremiah 46:23They shall cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts; they are without number.
- Jeremiah 50:41"Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
- Judges 6:5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in.
- Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
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
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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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