Jeremías 51:3

3 No dejen que los arqueros se pongan sus armaduras
ni que tensen sus arcos.
¡No perdonen la vida ni siquiera a sus mejores soldados!
Que su ejército sea completamente destruido.

Jeremías 51:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:3

Against [him that] bendeth let the archer bend his bow
These are either the words of the Lord to the Medes and Persians, to the archers among them, to bend their bows and level their arrows against the Chaldeans, who had bent their bows and shot their arrows against others; or of the Medes and Persians stirring up one another to draw their bows, and fight manfully against the enemy: and against [him that] lifteth up himself in his brigandine;
or coat of mail; that swaggers about in it, proud of it, and putting his confidence in it, as if out of all danger. The sense is, that they should direct their arrows both against those that were more lightly or more heavily armed; since by them they might do execution among the one and the other: and spare ye not her young men;
because of their youth, beauty, and strength: destroy ye utterly all her host;
her whole army, whether officers or common soldiers; or let them be accoutred in what manner they will. The Targum is,

``consume all her substance.''

Jeremías 51:3 In-Context

1 Esto dice el Señor
:
«Incitaré a un destructor contra Babilonia
y contra la gente de Babilonia.

2 Vendrán extranjeros y la aventarán,
la soplarán como si fuera paja.
Vendrán de todos lados
para levantarse contra ella en su día de tribulación.

3 No dejen que los arqueros se pongan sus armaduras
ni que tensen sus arcos.
¡No perdonen la vida ni siquiera a sus mejores soldados!
Que su ejército sea completamente destruido.

4 Caerán muertos en la tierra de los babilonios,
acuchillados en sus calles.

5 Pues el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales
no ha abandonado a Israel ni a Judá.
Todavía es su Dios,
aunque su tierra se llenó de pecado
contra el Santo de Israel».