Jeremiah

Jeremiah 51:3–4

³Do not let the archer bend his bow

or put on his armor.

Do not spare her young men;

devote all her army to destruction!^b

⁴And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans,^c

and pierced through in her streets.

Footnotes

b 51:3 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
c 51:4 That is, the Babylonians; also in verse 54

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not let the archer	יִדְרֹ֤ךְ	yiḏ·rōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
bend	הַדֹּרֵךְ֙	had·dō·rêḵ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
his bow	קַשְׁתּ֔וֹ	qaš·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7198 bow
put on his armor	בְּסִרְיֹנ֑וֹ	bə·sir·yō·nōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5630 armour
Do not	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
spare	תַּחְמְלוּ֙	taḥ·mə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H2550 spare
her young men	בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָ	ba·ḥu·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H970 young man
devote	הַחֲרִ֖ימוּ	ha·ḥă·rî·mū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
her army	צְבָאָֽהּ׃	ṣə·ḇā·’āh	Noun - common singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6635 army, war, warfare

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And they will fall	וְנָפְל֥וּ	wə·nā·p̄ə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5307 fall, lie
slain	חֲלָלִ֖ים	ḥă·lā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2491 pierced
in the land	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of the Chaldeans	כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים	kaś·dîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3778 Chaldean
and pierced through	וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים	ū·mə·ḏuq·qā·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural	H1856 pierce, pierce through
in her streets	בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃	bə·ḥū·ṣō·w·ṯe·hā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H2351 the outside

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 51:3 Jeremiah 50:14 · Jeremiah 46:4 · Jeremiah 50:21

Jeremiah 51:4 Jeremiah 49:26 · Jeremiah 50:30 · Isaiah 13:15 · Jeremiah 50:37 · Isaiah 14:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.