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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats to be sacrificed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I shall bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with male goats. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will lead them away to die, like sheep, lambs, and goats being led to the butcher. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will take them to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will take them to be slaughtered, like lambs, goats, and rams. I, the LORD, have spoken." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"I'll bring them down like lambs for the slaughter, like rams with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, "" As rams with male goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will bring them down as lambs for the slaughter, as rams with he goats.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with kids. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to slaughter, like rams and goats. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will deliver them like fatlings to be slain, like rams and he-goats to slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall deliver them as fattened calves for slaughter, and like rams and he goats for slaughter<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with he-goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=16282" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Babylon's Punishment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">39</span>While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD. <span class="reftext">40</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: ’ō·w·rî·ḏêm (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">I will bring them down</a> <a href="/hebrew/3733.htm" title="3733: kə·ḵā·rîm (Prep-k:: N-mp) -- From karar in the sense of plumpness; a ram, including a battering-ram; hence, a meadow; also a pad or camel's saddle.">like lambs</a> <a href="/hebrew/2873.htm" title="2873: liṭ·ḇō·w·aḥ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To slaughter, butcher, slay. A primitive root; to slaughter.">to the slaughter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: kə·’ê·lîm (Prep-k:: N-mp) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">like rams</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/6260.htm" title="6260: ‘at·tū·ḏîm (N-mp) -- Male goat. Or sattud; from athad; prepared, i.e. Full grown; spoken only of he-goats, or leaders of the people.">male goats.</a> </span><span class="reftext">41</span>How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Isaiah 34:6-7</a></span><br />The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. / And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-10.htm">Ezekiel 21:10</a></span><br />it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a></span><br />And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Revelation 14:19-20</a></span><br />So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. / And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-3</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-7.htm">Zephaniah 1:7</a></span><br />Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-18</a></span><br />Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. / Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. / Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Ezekiel 32:4-6</a></span><br />I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you. / I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. / I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19-20</a></span><br />But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a></span><br />And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27</a></b></br> Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-20.htm">Psalm 37:20</a></b></br> But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD <i>shall be</i> as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-22.htm">Psalm 44:22</a></b></br> Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Male</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-38.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-21.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-21.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-21.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Male</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-2.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-2.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-44.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 51</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">64. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/51.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/51.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I will bring them down</b><br>This phrase indicates God's sovereign judgment over Babylon. The imagery of being "brought down" suggests a fall from power and a humbling of pride, consistent with the biblical theme of divine retribution against nations that oppose God's will. This echoes the fate of other nations in the Bible, such as Egypt and Assyria, who were also brought low by God's hand (<a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Isaiah 10:12-19</a>).<p><b>like lambs to the slaughter</b><br>The metaphor of lambs being led to slaughter conveys innocence and vulnerability, highlighting the inevitability and completeness of Babylon's destruction. This imagery is also used in <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a> to describe the suffering servant, a prophetic reference to Jesus Christ, who was led to His crucifixion without resistance. The use of this metaphor underscores the certainty of Babylon's downfall as decreed by God.<p><b>like rams with male goats</b><br>Rams and male goats were often used in sacrificial contexts in the Old Testament (<a href="/leviticus/16-5.htm">Leviticus 16:5</a>), symbolizing strength and leadership. By comparing Babylon's leaders to these animals, the text suggests that even the mightiest among them will not escape judgment. This imagery reinforces the idea that no earthly power can withstand God's purposes. The mention of sacrificial animals also alludes to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who fulfilled the sacrificial system through His death and resurrection, offering redemption to all who believe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of Judah and other nations, including Babylon.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire that conquered Judah and Jerusalem, often symbolizing pride and opposition to God in biblical literature.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lambs,_rams,_and_male_goats.htm">Lambs, Rams, and Male Goats</a></b><br>These animals are used metaphorically to describe the people of Babylon being led to destruction, emphasizing their vulnerability and impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_is_certain.htm">Divine Judgment is Certain</a></b><br>Just as God declared judgment on Babylon, His justice will ultimately prevail over all nations and individuals who oppose Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sacrificial_animals.htm">Symbolism of Sacrificial Animals</a></b><br>The use of lambs, rams, and goats symbolizes innocence and strength being led to inevitable judgment, reminding us of the seriousness of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>This passage underscores God's control over the rise and fall of empires, encouraging believers to trust in His ultimate plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Understanding the certainty of divine judgment should lead individuals and nations to repentance and seeking God's mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>For believers, the assurance of God's justice provides hope and encouragement amidst a world often marked by injustice and evil.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/insights_on_day_27's_spiritual_growth.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' suffering and sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_34__judgment_inconsistencies.htm">Ezekiel 34 - Are there any inconsistencies with other prophetic books about how judgment is executed and who is held accountable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_40_6_downplay_sacrifices.htm">Psalm 40:6 - Why does this verse downplay the role of sacrifices and offerings, seemingly contradicting other Old Testament passages that emphasize the necessity of animal sacrifices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezekiel_46_and_other_texts_align.htm">Ezekiel 46:4-8 prescribes animal sacrifices long after the exile; how does this align with other texts that emphasize altered religious practices or question the necessity of sacrifices?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(40) <span class= "bld">I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter . . .</span>--The figure is changed, and the revellers appear as themselves destined to be the victims of the slaughter-house (<a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm" title="Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, said the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.">Jeremiah 48:15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm" title="Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.">Jeremiah 50:27</a>). As the "bullocks" of <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm" title="Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.">Jeremiah 50:27</a> are the chosen warriors, so the lambs, sheep, he-goats represent the different classes of the population of Babylon (<a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm" title="The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.">Isaiah 34:6</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm" title="You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatted calves of Bashan.">Ezekiel 39:18</a>). All alike are given over to the sword.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 40.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will bring them down,</span> etc. (comp. <a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Isaiah 34:6</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">Ezekiel 39:18</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will bring them down</span><br /><span class="heb">אֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·rî·ḏêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like lambs</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכָרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3733.htm">Strong's 3733: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ram, a, battering-ram, a meadow, a pad, camel's saddle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the slaughter,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִטְב֑וֹחַ</span> <span class="translit">(liṭ·ḇō·w·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2873.htm">Strong's 2873: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter, butcher, slay</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like rams</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּאֵילִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(kə·’ê·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male goats.”</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתּוּדִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tū·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6260.htm">Strong's 6260: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prepared, full grown, of he-goats, leaders of the people</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-40.htm">Jeremiah 51:40 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:39"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:39" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:41"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:41" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>