Jeremiah 51:20-23

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.

Jeremiah 51:20-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 51

The former part of this chapter is a continuation of the prophecy of the preceding chapter, concerning the destruction of Babylon, Jer 51:1-58; the latter part of it contains a prophecy of Jeremiah sent to the captives in Babylon by the hand of Seraiah, with the copy of the above prophecy against Babylon, and an order to fasten a stone to it, and cast it into the river Euphrates, as a sign, confirming the utter and irreparable ruin of Babylon, Jer 51:59-64.