Jeremiah 51:28

Judgment

²⁶ And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

²⁷ Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

²⁹ And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

³⁰ The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

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.

Compare

BSB: Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
KJV: Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
WEB: Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
ASV: Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.
DARBY: Prepare nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their rulers, yea, all the land of their dominion.
BLB: Prepare against her the nations—the kings of the Medes with their governors, and all their rulers, and every land of his dominion.

ÅB: Innvi folkeslag til kamp mot det, kongene i Media, dets stattholdere og alle dets landshøvdinger og hele det land han[^3] råder over!
OTB: «‘Ja, samle sammen mot henne rikene av Ararat, Minni og Askenas; Utpek en bueskytter mot henne; Gi kommandoen om å ødelegge henne! Send hestene, sett dem i bevegelse! Gå opp, krigere, og pakk dere inn i deres skam!
B1930: Innvi folkeslag til kamp mot det, kongene i Media, dets stattholdere og alle dets landshøvdinger og hele det land han råder over! / < d.e. mederkongen.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 51:11
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
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Jeremiah 25:25
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
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Daniel 6:8
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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Jeremiah 51:27
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
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Daniel 8:3–4
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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1 Chronicles 1:5
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
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Esther 1:3
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
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