Jeremiah 51:2

Jeremiah 51:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
• New International Version (NIV)I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom They shall be against her all around.

Context of Jeremiah 51:2

1Thus says Adonai: “Look! Stirring up against Babylon and those living in Leb-kamai, a spirit of destruction. I will send strangers to Babylon to scatter her and empty her land. For in the day of trouble they will be against her all around. 3Let the archer bend his bow at her. Let him rise up at her in his armor. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her whole army. 4They will fall down slain in the land of Chaldea, thrust through in her streets.

Jeremiah 51:2 word by word

וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֨י לְבָבֶ֤ל׀ זָרִים֙ וְזֵר֔וּהָ וִיבֹקְק֖וּ אֶת־אַרְצָ֑הּ כִּֽי־הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מִסָּבִ֖יב בְּי֥וֹם רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• unto Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• fannersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• that shall fanזָרָהzârâh · to scatterH2219
• her, and shall emptyבָּקַקbâqaq · to emptyH1238
• her landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of troubleרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• they shall be against her round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:2

• Jeremiah 15:7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave them of children and destroy My people, since they do not repent of their ways.
• Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away, a storm-wind will scatter them. But you will rejoice in Adonai. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Ezekiel 5:12A third of you will die with the plague and will be consumed with famine in your midst. A third will fall by the sword all around you. A third I will scatter to all the winds, and draw out a sword after them.
• Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He shall clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn; but the chaff He shall burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
• Jeremiah 51:27Raise a banner in the land! Blow a shofar among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her. Summon against her the kingdoms— Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her. Bring horses up like rough locusts.
• Jeremiah 50:14Array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow. Shoot at her! Spare no arrows— for she has sinned against Adonai.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And will send - fanners - When the corn is trodden out with the feet of cattle, or crushed out with a heavy wheel armed with iron, with a shovel they throw it up against the wind, that the chaff and broken straw may be separated from it. This is the image used by the prophet; these people shall be trodden, crushed, and fanned by their enemies.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Fanners - Or, winnowers.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The Lord chose Persia, led by Cyrus, to destroy Babylon in 539 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. fanners--(See on Jr 15:7). The fanners separate the wheat from the chaff; so God's judgments shall sweep away guilty Babylon as chaff (Psa 1:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:2

• Fan
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Device
• Empty
• Hold
• Mount
• Ezekiel
• Fan, Fanner
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

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