Focused Passage

Jeremiah 51:20-24

Babylon Sunk: The LORD’s Vengeance, Israel’s Deliverance, and the Stone Cast into the Euphrates

The chapter moves from the LORD stirring up destroyers against Babylon, to the command for Israel to flee, to Babylon’s image as a shattered golden cup, to the LORD’s vengeance for Zion, to a creation-theology contrast between the LORD and idols, to Babylon as the LORD’s war club now judged, to repeated announcements of Babylon’s desolation, to pastoral exhortations for exiles not to lose heart, and finally to Seraiah’s symbolic sinking of the scroll in the Euphrates.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

20 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

21 With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.

22 With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.

23 With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.

24 Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

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References and Original Words

Verse 20

Cross-references

Isaiah 41:15 Classic cross-references Micah 4:13 Classic cross-references Isaiah 45:7 Classic cross-references Isaiah 45:1 Classic cross-references Isaiah 37:26 Classic cross-references

Original words

You [are] אַתָּ֣ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular My לִ֔י Preposition | first person common singular war club מַפֵּץ־ H4661 Noun - masculine singular My weapon כְּלֵ֖י H3627 Noun - masculine plural construct for battle מִלְחָמָ֑ה H4421 Noun - feminine singular With you בְךָ֙ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular nations גּוֹיִ֔ם H1471 Noun - masculine plural with you I bring kingdoms מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃ H4467 Noun - feminine plural to ruin וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥י H7843 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular

Verse 21

Cross-references

Exodus 15:1 Classic cross-references Exodus 14:25 Classic cross-references Zechariah 10:5 Classic cross-references Haggai 2:22 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 50:37 Classic cross-references

Original words

With you בְךָ֔ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the horse ס֖וּס H5483 Noun - masculine singular and rider וְרֹֽכְב֑וֹ H7392 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular with you בְךָ֔ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the chariot רֶ֖כֶב H7393 Noun - masculine singular and driver וְרֹכְבֽוֹ׃ H7392 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 22

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:17 Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:18 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 44:7 Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 15:3 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 9:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

With you בְךָ֙ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular man אִ֣ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular and woman וְאִשָּׁ֔ה H802 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular with you בְךָ֖ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the old man זָקֵ֣ן H2205 Adjective - masculine singular and the youth וָנָ֑עַר H5288 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular with you בְךָ֔ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the young man בָּח֖וּר H970 Noun - masculine singular and the maiden וּבְתוּלָֽה׃ H1330 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 23

Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:57 Classic cross-references

Original words

With you בְךָ֙ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the shepherd רֹעֶ֣ה H7462 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular and his flock וְעֶדְר֔וֹ H5739 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular with you בְךָ֖ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the farmer אִכָּ֣ר H406 Noun - masculine singular and his oxen וְצִמְדּ֑וֹ H6776 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular with you בְךָ֔ Preposition | second person masculine singular I shatter וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י H5310 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular the governors פַּח֖וֹת H6346 Noun - masculine plural and officials וּסְגָנִֽים׃ H5461 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural

Verse 24

Cross-references

Revelation 18:6 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 50:15 Classic cross-references Zechariah 1:15 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 30:7 Classic cross-references Isaiah 43:14 Classic cross-references

Original words

Before your very eyes לְעֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם H5869 Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural I will repay וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֨י H7999 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Babylon לְבָבֶ֜ל H894 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular and all וּלְכֹ֣ל׀ H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct the dwellers יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of Chaldea כַשְׂדִּ֗ים H3778 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֵ֧ת H853 Direct object marker for all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the evil רָעָתָ֛ם H7451 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative they have done עָשׂ֥וּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural in Zion בְצִיּ֖וֹן H6726 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular declares נְאֻ֖ם H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

BSB notes

That is, Babylonia; also in verse 35

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