Jeremiah 51:4
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
Jeremiah 51:4 in other translations
| BSB | And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets. |
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| WEB | They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets. |
| ASV | And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets. |
| YLT | And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets. |
| DARBY | And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. |
| BBE | And the dead will be stretched out in the land of the Chaldaeans, and the wounded in her streets. |
| Webster | Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. |
What does Jeremiah 51:4 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58
Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of God. (Jr 51:1-58) The confirming of this. (Jr 51:59-64) Verses 1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we…
Jeremiah 51:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:4
- Jeremiah 49:26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Jeremiah 50:30
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 13:15
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
- Jeremiah 50:37
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
- Isaiah 14:19
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
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Context
- Jeremiah 51:3
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
- Jeremiah 51:4
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
- Jeremiah 51:5
For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y caerán muertos en la tierra de los Caldeos, y alanceados en sus calles. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les tués tomberont dans le pays des Chaldéens, et les transpercés, dans ses rues: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Erschlagene sollen fallen im Lande der Chaldäer und Durchbohrte auf seinen Straßen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et cadent interfecti in terra Chaldæorum, et vulnerati in regionibus ejus. |