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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.

KJV

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

Vulgate

ἀπὸ προσώπου πονηρίας αὐτῶν ἧς ἐποίησαν παραπικρᾶναί με, πορευθέντες θυμιᾷν θεοῖς ἑτέροις οἷς οὐκ ἔγνωτε.

LXX

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

ASV

אֶֽל יִדְרֹ֤ךְ ידרך הַ/דֹּרֵךְ֙ קַשְׁתּ֔/וֹ וְ/אֶל יִתְעַ֖ל בְּ/סִרְיֹנ֑/וֹ וְ/אַֽל תַּחְמְלוּ֙ אֶל בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔י/הָ הַחֲרִ֖ימוּ כָּל צְבָאָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחְמ֑וֹל
'chmvl
verb · 41×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 52×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
סִּרְיֹנֹֽת
srynt
noun · 2×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 14:22 — For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 46:4 — Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
  • Jer 46:4 — Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
  • Jer 50:14 — Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
  • Jer 50:21 — Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.