Jeremiah 51:21

Jeremiah 51:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
• New International Version (NIV)with you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver,
• English Standard Version (ESV)with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider; with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
• New King James Version (NKJV)With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider; With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;

Context of Jeremiah 51:21

19The portion of Jacob is not like these; For He is the Maker of everything, And of the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of armies is His name. 20He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war; And with you I shatter nations, And with you I destroy kingdoms. With you I shatter the horse and his rider, And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider, 22And with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter the old man and youth, And with you I shatter the young man and virgin, 23And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock, And with you I shatter the farmer and his team, And with you I shatter governors and officials.

Jeremiah 51:21 word by word

וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ ס֖וּס וְרֹֽכְב֑וֹ וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ רֶ֖כֶב וְרֹכְבֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• shatterנָפַץnâphats · to shatterH5310
• the horseסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• and his riderרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
• chariotרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:21

• Jeremiah 50:37A sword against their horses, against their chariots, And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
• Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying: “I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire.
• Psalms 76:6At Your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
• Ezekiel 39:20You will eat your fill at My table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the men of war,” declares the Lord God.
• Micah 5:10“And it will be on that day,” declares the Lord, “That I will eliminate your horses from among you, And destroy your chariots.
• Nahum 2:13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of armies. “I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; I will eliminate your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”
• Haggai 2:22And I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, every one by the sword of another.’
• Zechariah 10:5And they will be like warriors, Trampling down the enemy in the mud of the streets in battle; And they will fight, because the Lord will be with them; And the riders on horses will be put to shame.
• Zechariah 12:4On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with insanity. But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
• Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slaves, and small and great.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:21

• 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