Jeremiah 51:4

Modern

And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.

Traditional

Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

Literal

And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the pierced in her streets.

Latin

Et cadent interfecti in terra Chaldæorum, et vulnerati in regionibus ejus.

Hebrew

English

And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.

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

Jeremiah 49:26
For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Isaiah 13:15
Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
Jeremiah 50:30
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
Isaiah 14:19
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
Jeremiah 50:37
A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

Chaldea: Ancient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom