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Sunday, August 3rd, 2025
the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Jeremiah 51:4

Babylon's soldiers will be killed in the land of the Chaldeans. They will be badly wounded in the streets of Babylon."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Judges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Persia, Persians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Babylon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zedekiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans,those who were pierced through, in her streets.
Hebrew Names Version
They shall fall down slain in the land of the Kasdim, and thrust through in her streets.
King James Version
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
English Standard Version
They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.
New American Standard Bible
"They will fall down dead in the land of the Chaldeans, And pierced through in their streets."
New Century Version
They will be killed in the land of the Babylonians and will die in her streets.
Amplified Bible
"They shall fall down dead in the land of the Chaldeans, And wounded in her streets."
World English Bible
They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus the slaine shal fall in the lande of the Caldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streetes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, And pierced through in their streets."
Legacy Standard Bible
They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,And pierced through in their streets."
Berean Standard Bible
And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
Contemporary English Version
Their troops will fall wounded in the streets of Babylon.
Complete Jewish Bible
In the land of the Kasdim the slain will fall, those thrust through [by the sword] in her streets.
Darby Translation
And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans and the wounded lie in her streets.
Good News Translation
They will be wounded and die in the streets of their cities.
Lexham English Bible
And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
Literal Translation
So the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, yea, pierced through in her streets.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus the slayne shal fall downe in the londe of the Caldees, and the wounded in the stretes.
American Standard Version
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
Bible in Basic English
And the dead will be stretched out in the land of the Chaldaeans, and the wounded in her streets.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
King James Version (1611)
Thus the slaine shall fall in the land of the Caldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streetes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus the slayne shall fall downe in the lande of the Chaldees, and the wounded in the streetes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.
English Revised Version
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And slayn men schulen falle in the lond of Caldeis, and woundid men in the cuntreis therof.
Update Bible Version
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [they that are] thrust through in her streets.
New English Translation
Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia, mortally wounded in the streets of her cities.
New King James Version
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, And those thrust through in her streets.
New Living Translation
They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians, slashed to death in her streets.
New Life Bible
They will fall down dead in the land of Babylon and be killed in their streets."
New Revised Standard
They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall they fall wounded in the land of Chaldea, - Yea thrust through, in her streets,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the regions thereof.
Revised Standard Version
They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chalde'ans, and wounded in her streets.
Young's Literal Translation
And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord says, "I will cause a powerful, destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the Babylonians. 2 I will send foreigners to winnow Babylon, and they will take everything from the city. Armies will surround the city, and there will be terrible destruction. 3 The Babylonian soldiers will not get to use their bows and arrows. They will not even put on their armor. Don't feel sorry for the soldiers of Babylon. Destroy her army completely! 4 Babylon's soldiers will be killed in the land of the Chaldeans. They will be badly wounded in the streets of Babylon." 5 The Lord All-Powerful did not leave Israel and Judah alone, like a widow. No, they are guilty of leaving the Holy One of Israel. Their God did not leave them. They left him! 6 Run away from Babylon. Run to save your lives! Don't stay and be killed because of Babylon's sins! It is time for the Lord to punish the Babylonians for the bad things they have done. Babylon will get the punishment that she should have. 7 Babylon was like a golden cup in the Lord 's hand. Babylon made the whole world drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine, so they went crazy. 8 But Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Cry for her! Get medicine for her pain, and maybe she can be healed. 9 We tried to heal Babylon, but she cannot be healed. So let us leave her, and let each of us go to our own country. God in heaven will decide Babylon's punishment. He will decide what will happen to Babylon. 10 The Lord got even for us. Come, let's tell about that in Zion. Let's tell what the Lord our God has done.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thrust: Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 50:30, Jeremiah 50:37, Isaiah 13:15, Isaiah 14:19

Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:22 - I will Isaiah 21:2 - all the Isaiah 47:3 - I will take Jeremiah 12:3 - pull Jeremiah 37:10 - wounded men

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Translate it: “And they,” i. e., the young men who form her host Jeremiah 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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