New English Translation
Jeremiah 51:28
28Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.
Jeremiah 51:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
- New International Version (NIV)Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Prepare against her the nations, With the kings of the Medes, Its governors and all its rulers, All the land of his dominion.
Context of Jeremiah 51:28
26No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” says the Lord. 27“Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts. Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her. 29The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. For the Lord will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia a wasteland where no one lives. 30The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:28 word by word
קַדְּשׁ֨וּ עָלֶ֤יהָ גוֹיִם֙ אֶת־מַלְכֵ֣י מָדַ֔י אֶת־פַּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־סְגָנֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Prepareקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: prepareH6942
- against her the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- with the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of the Medesמָדַיmâday · MedeH4074
- the captainsפֶּחָהpechâh · governorH6346
- thereof, and all the rulersסָגָןsâgân · rulerH5461
- thereof, and all the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of his dominionמֶמְשָׁלָהmemshâlâh · dominionH4475
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:28
- Jeremiah 51:11“Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the Lord will get his revenge – how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple.
- Jeremiah 25:25all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;
- Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Esther 1:3in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.
- Esther 10:2Now all the actions carried out under his authority and his great achievements, along with an exact statement concerning the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
- Isaiah 13:17Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.
- Isaiah 21:2I have received a distressing message: “The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”
- Daniel 5:28As for peres – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
- Daniel 6:8Now let the king issue a written interdict so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.
- Daniel 8:3I looked up and saw a ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.
- Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire –
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:28
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28His dominion - This belonged not to the subordinate rulers, but to the chief, e. g., to Cyrus.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. 2828. kings of ... Medes--(Jr 51:11). The satraps and tributary kings under Darius, or Cyaxares. his dominion--the king of Media's dominion.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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