20 Thou art mine [a]hammer, and weapons of war: for with thee will I break the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms,

21 And by thee will I break horse and horseman, and by thee will I break the chariot and him that rideth therein.

22 By thee also will I break man and woman, and by thee will I break old and young, and by thee will I break the young man and the maid.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:20 He meaneth the Medes and Persians, as he did before call the Babylonians his hammer, Jer. 50:23.

20 “You are my war club,(A)
    my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter(B) nations,(C)
    with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(D)
    with you I shatter chariot(E) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
    with you I shatter old man and youth,
    with you I shatter young man and young woman,(F)

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