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.

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

22With 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.

23With 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.

24Before 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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Verse 20

Cross-references

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

Original words

You [are]אַתָּ֣הH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularMyלִ֔יPreposition | first person common singularwar clubמַפֵּץ־H4661Noun - masculine singularMy weaponכְּלֵ֖יH3627Noun - masculine plural constructfor battleמִלְחָמָ֑הH4421Noun - feminine singularWith youבְךָ֙Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularnationsגּוֹיִ֔םH1471Noun - masculine pluralwith you I bring kingdomsמַמְלָכֽוֹת׃H4467Noun - feminine pluralto ruinוְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥יH7843Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular

Verse 21

Cross-references

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

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With youבְךָ֔Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthe horseס֖וּסH5483Noun - masculine singularand riderוְרֹֽכְב֑וֹH7392Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularwith youבְךָ֔Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthe chariotרֶ֖כֶבH7393Noun - masculine singularand driverוְרֹכְבֽוֹ׃H7392Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 22

Cross-references

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

Original words

With youבְךָ֙Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularmanאִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularand womanוְאִשָּׁ֔הH802Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singularwith youבְךָ֖Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֥יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthe old manזָקֵ֣ןH2205Adjective - masculine singularand the youthוָנָ֑עַרH5288Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularwith youבְךָ֔Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthe young manבָּח֖וּרH970Noun - masculine singularand the maidenוּבְתוּלָֽה׃H1330Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 23

Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:57Classic cross-references

Original words

With youבְךָ֙Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthe shepherdרֹעֶ֣הH7462Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularand his flockוְעֶדְר֔וֹH5739Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularwith youבְךָ֖Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֥יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthe farmerאִכָּ֣רH406Noun - masculine singularand his oxenוְצִמְדּ֑וֹH6776Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularwith youבְךָ֔Preposition | second person masculine singularI shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יH5310Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthe governorsפַּח֖וֹתH6346Noun - masculine pluraland officialsוּסְגָנִֽים׃H5461Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural

Verse 24

Cross-references

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

Original words

Before your very eyesלְעֵֽינֵיכֶ֑םH5869Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine pluralI will repayוְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֨יH7999Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularBabylonלְבָבֶ֜לH894Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singularand allוּלְכֹ֣ל׀H3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructthe dwellersיוֹשְׁבֵ֣יH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof Chaldeaכַשְׂדִּ֗יםH3778Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֵ֧תH853Direct object markerfor allכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe evilרָעָתָ֛םH7451Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativethey have doneעָשׂ֥וּH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralin Zionבְצִיּ֖וֹןH6726Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singulardeclaresנְאֻ֖םH5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃סH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

BSB notes

That is, Babylonia; also in verse 35

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