KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Jeremiah 51:3–4
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Jeremiah 51:3
3Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
3Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himselfe vp in his brigandine; and spare yee not her young men, destroy yee vtterly all her hoste.
Jeremiah 51:4
4Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
4Thus the slaine shall fall in the land of the Caldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streetes.
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DEFINED WORDS
Jeremiah 51:3
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A bowman; one who uses a bow in battle; one who is skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To curve, draw, or incline; especially to draw a bow by pulling its string, and figuratively to direct or incline something.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Lifts; raises, bears up, exalts, or takes away.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
brigandine
A coat of armour or protective mail.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To refrain from harming, punishing, using, or destroying; to save, preserve, allow, or use frugally.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Early in life or growth; not mature; also offspring, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To ruin, demolish, kill, consume, or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An army or organized multitude; also one who receives guests.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Jeremiah 51:4
Killed or put to death, especially by violence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To descend, drop, or lose an upright position; to come upon, attack, happen, decline, fail, or be overthrown; as a noun, descent, ruin, or overthrow, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
People of Chaldea; in some contexts, members of a learned or astrologer class associated with Babylon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.
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Open the full verse study4Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
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Open the full verse study21¶ Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
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Open the full verse study25The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
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Open the full verse study10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
14And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
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Open the full verse study13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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Open the full verse study27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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Open the full verse study29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
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Open the full verse study21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
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Open the full verse study9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Open the full verse study15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
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Open the full verse study30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study19But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
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Open the full verse study37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
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