Jeremiah 51:28

Translations

Modern

Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

Traditional

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

Literal

Prepare against her the nations—the kings of the Medes with their governors, and all their rulers, and every land of his dominion.

Latin

Sanctificate contra eam gentes, reges Mediæ, duces ejus, et universos magistratus ejus, cunctamque terram potestatis ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

Notes

Jeremiah 51:27–28

Ararat was a mountainous region north of Babylon.
Ashkenaz was Noah’s great-grandson through Japheth and Gomer (Genesis 10:2–3). His descendants likely lived in Ararat, as did the people of Minni, who are otherwise unknown.

Theme notes and profiles

Hope Beyond Judgment Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 51:11
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
Jeremiah 25:25
…all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
Daniel 8:20
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
Esther 1:3
In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
1 Chronicles 1:5
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Daniel 5:28–30
PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 8:3–4
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
Jeremiah 51:27
“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
Isaiah 21:2
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Daniel 9:1
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
Esther 10:2
And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
Daniel 6:8
Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

Places

Media: An ancient kingdom; part of the Persian Empire

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Deputy Medes, Media, Median Nations

Topics

Persia: Prophecies Concerning

Jeremiah 51:28

Translations?

Original?

Notes?

Events?

Related verses?