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 people to winnow Babylon, to winnow it and strip its land bare. They will attack it from every direction on the day of trouble. 3Have the archers bend their bows. Have them put on their armor. Don’t spare Babylon’s young men. Completely destroy its whole army. Babylon’s soldiers will fall down badly wounded in their streets. They will lie dead in their own land. 5Israel and Judah haven’t been abandoned by their God, the Lord of Armies, although their land is guilty of abandoning the Holy One of Israel. 6Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! You shouldn’t die because of Babylon’s crimes. This is the time for the vengeance of the Lord. He will pay the people of Babylon back for what they have done.

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 49:26That is why its young men will die in the streets, and its soldiers will be silenced that day,” declares the Lord of Armies.
• Jeremiah 50:30That is why their young men will die in the streets, and all their soldiers will be silenced that day,” declares the Lord.
• Isaiah 13:15Whoever is found will be stabbed to death. Whoever is captured will be executed.
• Isaiah 14:19But you are thrown out of your tomb like a rejected branch. You are covered with those who were killed in battle. You go down to the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse.

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