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Jeremiah 51:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in…” at Jeremiah 51:3 as a specific part of “A Destroying Wind Answers Babylon's Violence.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 51:1–10
The line at Jeremiah 51:3 is one step in Jeremiah 51:1–10. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in…” at Jeremiah 51:3 as a specific part of “A Destroying Wind Answers Babylon's Violence.” Its force depends on the unit's ancient referent and what follows.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 51:1–10. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in…” at Jeremiah 51:3 as a specific part of “A Destroying Wind Answers Babylon's Violence.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The command to flee and violent images belong to the oracle; they do not authorize vigilantism or automatic evacuation advice today.
Continue in Context
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Read Jeremiah 51:1–10 — A Destroying Wind Answers Babylon's ViolenceSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 51:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 51:1–10
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