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Jeremiah 51

Jer. 51:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Set ye up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
a standard
nec (Hebrew #5251)
a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
KJV usage: banner, pole, sail, (en-)sign, standard.
Pronounce: nace
Origin: from 5264
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, blow
taqa` (Hebrew #8628)
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
KJV usage: blow ((a trumpet)), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, X suretiship, thrust.
Pronounce: taw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
the trumpet
showphar (Hebrew #7782)
from 8231 in the original sense of incising; a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
KJV usage: cornet, trumpet.
Pronounce: sho-far'
Origin: or shophar {sho-far'}
among the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, prepare
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
against her, call together
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
against her the kingdoms
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
of Ararat
'Ararat (Hebrew #780)
Ararat (or rather Armenia)
KJV usage: Ararat, Armenia.
Pronounce: ar-aw-rat'
Origin: of foreign origin
, Minni
Minniy (Hebrew #4508)
Minni, an Armenian province
KJV usage: Minni.
Pronounce: min-nee'
Origin: of foreign derivation
, and Ashchenaz
'Ashknaz (Hebrew #813)
Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants
KJV usage: Ashkenaz.
Pronounce: ash-ken-az'
Origin: of foreign origin
; appoint
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
a captain
tiphcar (Hebrew #2951)
a military governor
KJV usage: captain.
Pronounce: tif-sar'
Origin: of foreign derivation
against her; cause the horses
cuwc (Hebrew #5483)
from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
KJV usage: crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare 6571.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or cuc {soos}
to come up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
as the rough
camar (Hebrew #5569)
bristling, i.e. shaggy
KJV usage: rough.
Pronounce: saw-mar'
Origin: from 5568
caterpillers
yekeq (Hebrew #3218)
a devourer; specifically, the young locust
KJV usage: cankerworm, caterpillar.
Pronounce: yeh'-lek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lick up
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Jer. 51:14• 14The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. (Jer. 51:14)

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Ararat,
Ashchenaz,
Ashkenaz; Ashchenaz,
Captain,
Horse,
Minni,
Standard,
Trumpets

Cross References

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ye up.
Jer. 51:12• 12Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. (Jer. 51:12)
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Jer. 6:1• 1O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. (Jer. 6:1)
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Jer. 50:2,41• 2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
 41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. (Jer. 50:2,41)
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Isa. 13:2‑5• 2Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
 3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
 4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
 5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. (Isa. 13:2‑5)
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Isa. 18:3• 3All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. (Isa. 18:3)
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Amos 3:6• 6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? (Amos 3:6)
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Zech. 14:2• 2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. (Zech. 14:2)
prepare.
Jer. 25:14• 14For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. (Jer. 25:14)
Ararat.Bochart reasonably concludes Ararat and Minni to be the greater and lesser Armenia; and Ashchenaz he thinks formed part of Phrygia near the Hellespont, part of that country being called Ascania by Homer.
Cyrus had conquered Armenia, defeated Croesus king of Lydia, (B.C. 548,) and subdued several nations from the Egean sea to the Euphrates, before he marched against Babylon; and Xenophon also informs us that there were not only Armenians, but both Phrygians and Cappadocians in the army of Cyrus.
Gen. 8:4• 4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. (Gen. 8:4)
Ashchenaz.
Gen. 10:3• 3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (Gen. 10:3)
Ashkenaz.
1 Chron. 1:6• 6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (1 Chron. 1:6)
cause.
Jer. 51:14• 14The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. (Jer. 51:14)
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Jer. 46:23• 23They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. (Jer. 46:23)
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Jer. 50:41‑42• 41Behold, 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 show 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. (Jer. 50:41‑42)
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Judg. 6:5• 5For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. (Judg. 6:5)
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Joel 2:2‑3• 2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
 3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. (Joel 2:2‑3)
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Nah. 3:15‑17• 15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
 17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. (Nah. 3:15‑17)
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Rev. 9:7‑11• 7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
 8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
 9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
 10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
 11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. (Rev. 9:7‑11)
After Cyrus had been the instrument in the hands of God of taking Babylon, he marched against Tomyris, queen of the Massagetæ, a Scythian nation, and was totally defeated, (B.C. 530.)
The victorious queen, who had lost her son in a previous battle, was so incensed against Cyrus, that she cut off his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with human blood, exclaiming, "Sattia te sanguine, quem sitisti."

J. N. Darby Translation

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Lift up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepared nations against her; call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the bristly caterpillars.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "hallow." see ch. 6.4.