Jeremiah 51:22

20 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

21 With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.

With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.

23 With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.

24 Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
KJV
With 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;
WEB
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein. With you I will break in pieces man and woman. With you I will break in pieces the old man and the youth. With you I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin.
ASV
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
DARBY
and with thee 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;
BLB
I will shatter with you man and woman, and I will smash with you old and young, and will shatter with you the young man and the maiden;
ÅB
med deg knuser jeg mann og kvinne, og med deg knuser jeg gammel og ung, yngling og jomfru;
OTB
«‘Send ut bueskytterne! Skynd deg og sett deg mot henne rundt omkring; La ingen slippe unna! Gjengjeld henne i samsvar med hennes gjerninger; Gjør mot henne akkurat som hun har gjort.
B1930
med dig knuser jeg mann og kvinne, og med dig knuser jeg gammel og ung, yngling og jomfru;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 36:17

    So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

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  • Isaiah 13:18

    Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

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  • Ezekiel 9:6

    Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

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  • Isaiah 13:16

    Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

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  • 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.

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  • Lamentations 2:11

    My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

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  • Jeremiah 6:11

    But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

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