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Jeremiah 51:2 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 51 · verse 2
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.Jeremiah 51:2 · King James Version
Jeremiah 51:2 in context
1Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
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.
4Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- fannerszûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- troubleraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- emptybâqaqto pour outH1238 →
- sendshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-58