They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
Parallel Translations
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They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
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Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
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And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Jeremiah 51:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 49:26 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Isaiah 13:15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
- Jeremiah 50:30 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 14:19 But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.
- Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain HE proceeds with what we began yesterday to explain,…
HE proceeds with what we began yesterday to explain, — that the time was nigh when God would take vengeance on the Babylonians. As, then, this could not be without great destruction in a city so very populous, and as it could not be overthrown except calamity extended itself through the whole country, hence, he says, that though Babylon should prepare great and powerful armies, it would yet be in vain, because they shall fall, he says, wounded everywhere in the land; and then he adds, and pierced through in her streets By these words he means, that the Chaldeans would be slain not only in the open fields, but also in the midst of the city. he afterwards adds, —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the…
Jer 51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [they that are] thrust through in her streets.
Ver. 4. Thus the slain shall fall.] Both within the walls and without, των φονων ουτ αριθμος ουθ ορος, there shall be neither measure nor end of manslaughter, as Plutarch saith of Rome in Sulla’s time.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thus all of them shall be destroyed, some in…
Thus all of them shall be destroyed, some in the fields, some in the streets of their cities.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus the slain shall fall in the land of…
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,.... By the sword, or by the arrows and darts of the Medes and Persians:
and they that are thrust through in her streets; either by the one or by the other, especially the latter, since they only are mentioned; See Gill on Jer 50:30.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Translate it: “And they,” i. e., the young men…
Translate it: “And they,” i. e., the young men who form her host Jer 51:3, “shall fall slain in the land of the Chaldaeans, and pierced through in her streets,” i. e., the streets of Babylon.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (See on Jer 49:26; Jer 50:30; Jer 50:37).
(See on Jer 49:26; Jer 50:30; Jer 50:37).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In her streets; i.e. in the streets of Babylon.
In her streets; i.e. in the streets of Babylon.
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