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They will come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom They shall be against her all around.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I will send foreigners to Babylon so that they may winnow her And devastate her land; For they will be opposed to her on every side On the day of <i>her</i> disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate her land; For on every side they will be opposed to her In the day of her calamity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I shall dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate her land; For on every side they will be opposed to her In the day of <i>her</i> calamity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will send strangers to Babylon that they may winnow her And may empty her land to destruction; For on every side they will be against her In the day of <i>her</i> calamity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And I will send foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate <i>and</i> empty her land; For in the day of destruction They will be against her on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send strangers to Babylon who will scatter her and strip her land bare, for they will come against her from every side in the day of disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send strangers to Babylon who will scatter her and strip her land bare, for they will come against her from every side in the day of disaster. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Foreign soldiers will come from every direction, and when the disaster is over, Babylonia will be empty and worthless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will send people to winnow Babylon, to winnow it and strip its land bare. They will attack it from every direction on the day of trouble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will send foreigners to destroy Babylonia like a wind that blows straw away. When that day of destruction comes, they will attack from every side and leave the land bare. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll send foreigners to Babylon, and they'll winnow her, and devastate her land. They'll come against her from every side on the day of her disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare. This will happen when they come against her from every direction, when it is time to destroy her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will send to Babylon foreigners who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And will send to Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her on all sides.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her. They will empty her land; for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have sent fanners to Babylon, "" And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, "" For they have been against her, "" All around—in the day of evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have sent to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about -- in the day of evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I sent forth to Babel those scattering, and they scattered her, and they shall empty her land: for they were against her round about in the day of evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will send to Babylon fanners, and they shall fan her, and shall destroy her land: for they are come upon her on every side in the day of her affliction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will send winnowers into Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land. For they will overwhelm her from every side in the day of her affliction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />To Babylon I will send winnowers to winnow and lay waste the land; They shall besiege it on every side on the day of affliction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will send winnowers to Babylon, and they shall winnow her. They shall empty her land when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.<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 send to Babylon destroyers, and they shall plunder her and tread her land under their feet; and they shall gather against her from every side in the day of trouble.<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 send against Babel plunderers, and they shall plunder her, and they shall tread her land and they shall be assembled against her all around her in the day of evil<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, And they shall empty her land; For in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about <i>her</i> in the day of her affliction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-2.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=15824" 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">The Judgment on Babylon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šil·laḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">I will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zā·rîm (Adj-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">strangers</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: lə·ḇā·ḇel (Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">to Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/2219.htm" title="2219: wə·zê·rū·hā (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp:: 3fs) -- To scatter, fan, winnow. A primitive root; to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow.">to winnow her</a> <a href="/hebrew/1238.htm" title="1238: wî·ḇō·qə·qū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to pour out, i.e. To empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out.">and empty</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">they will come</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against her</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: mis·sā·ḇîḇ (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">from every side</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in her day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (N-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">of disaster.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!…<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="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</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. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a></span><br />Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a></span><br />“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4-5</a></span><br />Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. / For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20</a></span><br />Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-5</a></span><br />This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6-8</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And will send to Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.</p><p class="hdg">fanners</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7</a></b></br> And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave <i>them</i> of children, I will destroy my people, <i>since</i> they return not from their ways.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/41-16.htm">Isaiah 41:16</a></b></br> Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, <i>and</i> shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a></b></br> A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.</p><p class="hdg">in the day</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27,28</a></b></br> Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Jeremiah 50:14,15,29,32</a></b></br> Put 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… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Cleared</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">Devastate</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Dispatch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Empty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Fan</a> <a href="/psalms/139-3.htm">Fanned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-5.htm">Oppose</a> <a href="/ezra/10-15.htm">Opposed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Round</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Side</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-7.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-43.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Winnow</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-4.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Cleared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-12.htm">Devastate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-47.htm">Dispatch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Empty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Fan</a> <a href="/psalms/139-3.htm">Fanned</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-2.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/daniel/8-25.htm">Oppose</a> <a href="/luke/13-17.htm">Opposed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-4.htm">Round</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-31.htm">Side</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-23.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-51.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/matthew/25-24.htm">Winnow</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'; 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Historically, the "strangers" refer to the Medes and Persians, who conquered Babylon in 539 BC. This aligns with the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17</a>, where God declares He will stir up the Medes against Babylon. The use of "strangers" emphasizes that these were not local or familiar forces but external powers raised by God for His purposes.<p><b>to winnow her and empty her land</b><br>The imagery of winnowing involves separating wheat from chaff, symbolizing judgment and purification. In an agricultural context, winnowing was a process of tossing grain into the air so the wind could blow away the lighter chaff, leaving the heavier grain. Here, it signifies the thoroughness of Babylon's destruction and the removal of its people and resources. This metaphor is also used in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/41-16.htm">Isaiah 41:16</a>, to describe divine judgment.<p><b>for they will come against her from every side</b><br>This phrase highlights the comprehensive nature of the attack on Babylon. Historically, the city was besieged by a coalition of forces, including the Medes and Persians, who surrounded it. The strategic encirclement ensured that Babylon had no escape, fulfilling the prophecy of its downfall. This mirrors the siege tactics described in other biblical accounts, such as the fall of Jerusalem in <a href="/2_kings/25.htm">2 Kings 25:1-4</a>.<p><b>in her day of disaster</b><br>The "day of disaster" refers to the appointed time of Babylon's judgment, a theme consistent throughout prophetic literature. This concept of a "day" of reckoning is seen in other prophecies, such as the "day of the Lord" in <a href="/joel/2.htm">Joel 2:1-2</a>, which signifies a time of divine intervention and judgment. For Babylon, this day was marked by the sudden and decisive conquest by the Medo-Persian Empire, as recorded in <a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Daniel 5:30-31</a>.<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 and restoration of Israel and the surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>An ancient city and empire known for its wealth, power, and opposition to God’s people. It symbolizes human pride and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/strangers.htm">Strangers</a></b><br>Refers to foreign nations or peoples that God would use as instruments of judgment against Babylon.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/winnowing.htm">Winnowing</a></b><br>An agricultural process used to separate grain from chaff, symbolizing judgment and purification.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/day_of_disaster.htm">Day of Disaster</a></b><br>A prophetic term indicating a time of divine judgment and calamity for Babylon.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and uses them to accomplish His purposes, even when they are unaware of it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>Just as Babylon faced judgment, all systems and nations that oppose God will ultimately be held accountable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_god's_people_in_a_hostile_world.htm">The Role of God's People in a Hostile World</a></b><br>Believers are called to remain faithful and trust in God's justice, even when surrounded by worldly powers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Like the winnowing process, believers must discern and separate themselves from worldly influences that lead away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_ultimate_victory.htm">Hope in God's Ultimate Victory</a></b><br>Despite the apparent power of worldly systems, God's plan will prevail, offering hope and assurance to His people.<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/does_babylon's_reuse_contradict_prophecy.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 states no stone from Babylon will ever be used again, yet evidence suggests later civilizations reused its materials--does this contradict the prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_coniah's_fate_change.htm">How do skeptics reconcile Jeremiah 22:24-27's prophecy against Coniah with his later release and royal favor in Babylon (2 Kings 25:27-30)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_isaiah_47_14_prophecy.htm">Isaiah 47:14 - Where is the historical or scientific evidence of people burning up like stubble as a direct fulfillment of this prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_babylon's_survival_refute_jer._51_41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41 foretells Babylon's complete humiliation, but historical records show subsequent rulers maintained parts of it--does this undermine the chapter's claims?</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>(2) <span class= "bld">Fanners, that shall fan her.</span>--The Hebrew word as it stands means "strangers," but a change of the vowel-points would give etymologically "winnowers" or "fanners," though the word is not found elsewhere. On the whole it would seem best to accept the meaning of "strangers," the prophet connecting it with the verb for "fan," which contains the same consonants, for the sake of a rhythmical assonance. The imagery in either case is that of the familiar picture of the "threshing-floor," where the "strong wind" scatters the chaff in all directions (<a href="/psalms/1-4.htm" title="The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.">Psalm 1:4</a>; <a href="/psalms/35-5.htm" title="Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.">Psalm 35:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm" title="The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.">Isaiah 17:13</a>; <a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm" title="Moreover the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away: yes, it shall be at an instant suddenly.">Isaiah 29:5</a>). The word for "empty" is the same as that used with an emphatic significance in <a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm" title="And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.">Jeremiah 19:7</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Farmers</span>. This is supported by the Septuagint, Peshito, Targum, Vulgate, according to the Massoretic pointing, however, we should render "enemies." Possibly the prophet intended to suggest both meanings, <span class="accented">a</span> and <span class="accented">o</span> being so nearly related. <span class="cmt_word">Shall empty her land.</span> The original has a much mere striking word, shall pour out (for the figures, comp. <a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Jeremiah 48:12</a>), which occurs again in similar contexts in <a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1</a>; <a href="/nahum/2-3.htm">Nahum 2:3</a> (Hebrew, 2). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-2.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 send</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šil·laḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strangers</span><br /><span class="heb">זָרִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(zā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Babylon</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָבֶ֤ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to winnow her</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֵר֔וּהָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zê·rū·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2219.htm">Strong's 2219: </a> </span><span class="str2">To toss about, to diffuse, winnow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and empty</span><br /><span class="heb">וִיבֹקְק֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wî·ḇō·qə·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1238.htm">Strong's 1238: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pour out, to empty, to depopulate, to spread out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land;</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will come</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against her</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֛יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from every side</span><br /><span class="heb">מִסָּבִ֖יב</span> <span class="translit">(mis·sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the day</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [her] disaster.</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:2 I will send to Babylon strangers who (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:3" /></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>