Jeremiah 51:3

Translations

Modern

Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!

Traditional

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.

Literal

Do not let bend the one bending his bow, and let him not bring himself up in his armor; do not spare toward her young men, devote to destruction all of her army!

Latin

Non tendat qui tendit arcum suum, et non ascendat loricatus: nolite parcere juvenibus ejus; interficite omnem militiam ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!

Notes

Jeremiah 51:3–4

God acted as a commander and instructed the destroyer to eliminate the Babylonians.
devote...to destruction: See Leviticus 27:28–29; 1 Samuel 15:3.

Theme notes and profiles

Hope Beyond Judgment Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 50:14
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 46:4
Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
Jeremiah 50:21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
Isaiah 13:10–18
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Jeremiah 50:29–30
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Jeremiah 9:21
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
Deuteronomy 32:25
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
Jeremiah 50:41–42
Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Psalm 137:9
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Bow Nations

Topics

Archery in War Arrow used in War Brigandine: A Coat of Mail The Bow: Those Who Used, Called: Archers

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