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 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. They will fall down slain in the land of Chaldea, thrust through in her streets. 5For neither Israel nor Judah will be widowed by his God, Adonai-Tzva’ot, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel. 6Flee from within Babylon! Each one, escape with his soul! Be not silenced in her iniquity! For it is a time of vengeance for Adonai. He will repay her recompense.

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 49:26Therefore her young men will fall in her squares—all the warriors will be silenced in that day. It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Jeremiah 50:30Therefore her young men will fall in her squares, all her warriors silenced in that day.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Isaiah 13:15Everyone found will be thrust through. Everyone caught will fall by the sword.
• Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your tomb as a discarded branch, garment of the slain, pierced with a sword, dumped into a stony pit, a corpse trodden underfoot.

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