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 dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate her land; For on every side they will be opposed to her In the day of her calamity. 3Let not him who bends his bow bend it, Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor; So do not spare her young men; Devote all her army to destruction. They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, And pierced through in their streets.” 5For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken By his God, the Lord of hosts, Although their land is full of guilt Before the Holy One of Israel. 6Flee from the midst of Babylon, And each of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the Lord’s time of vengeance; He is going to render recompense to her.

Jeremiah 51:4 word by word

וְנָפְל֥וּ חֲלָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• They will fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• downנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• piercedדָּקַרdâqar · to pierceH1856
• in their streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:4

• Jeremiah 49:26Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts.
• Jeremiah 50:30Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord.
• Isaiah 13:15Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
• Isaiah 14:19But you have been cast out of your tomb Like a rejected branch, Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword, Who 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

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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