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Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.

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ASV

Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

KJV

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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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הָבֵ֣רוּha.Ve.rusharpenH1305 →
הַחִצִּים֮ha.chi.Tzimthe arrowsH2671 →
מִלְא֣וּmil.'UfillH4390 →
הַשְּׁלָטִים֒ha.she.la.Timthe shieldsH7982 →
הֵעִ֣ירhe.'Irhe has rousedH5782 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
ר֙וּחַ֙Ru.ach[the] spirit ofH7307 →
מַלְכֵ֣יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428 →
מָדַ֔יma.DaiMediaH4074 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
בָּבֶ֥לba.VelBabylonH894 →
מְזִמָּת֖וֹme.zi.ma.Topurpose hisH4209 →
לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּle.hash.chi.Tah[is] to destroy itH7843 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
נִקְמַ֤תnik.Mat[is] [the] vengeance ofH5360 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הִ֔יאHi'itH1931 →
נִקְמַ֖תnik.Mat[the] vengeance ofH5360 →
הֵיכָלֽוֹ׃hei.kha.Lotemple hisH1964 →

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Isaiah 13:17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!Jeremiah 50:45Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.Jeremiah 50:3For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”Jeremiah 51:28Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.Jeremiah 50:9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.Jeremiah 25:25all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;Jeremiah 50:15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.Jeremiah 51:6Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,Isaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.Jeremiah 51:24Before 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.Jeremiah 50:14–15Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.Jeremiah 51:27–29“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.Zechariah 12:2–3“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.Habakkuk 2:17–20For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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