Jeremiah 51:21
Verse 21 of 64. The 51st of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.
17Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
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Jeremiah 51:21 in the World English Bible
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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:21
The forces of Babylon were God's weapons of war, tools in his hand, with which he broke in pieces, and knocked down, nations and kingdoms,—horses and chariots, which are so much the strength of kingdoms (v. 21),—man and woman, young and old, with which kingdoms are replenished (v. 22),—the shepherd and his flock, the husbandman and his oxen, with which kingdoms are maintained and supplied, v. 23.
Read Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:1–58: The Judgment of Babylon. (b. c. 595.)
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