Jeremiah 51:22

22 With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;

Jeremiah 51:22 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:22

And with thee also will I break in pieces man and woman
Or, "have broken"; having no respect to any sex, and to the propagation of posterity: and with thee will I break in pieces old and young;
not sparing men of any age, however useful they might be, the one for their wisdom, the other for their strength: and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
who by procreation of children might fill and strengthen commonwealths.

Jeremiah 51:22 In-Context

20 You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;

21 With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;

22 With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;

23 With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.

24 And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.