Yēlìmǐshū 51:2

2 Wǒ yào dǎfa waìbāngrén lái dào Bābǐlún , bǒ yáng tā , shǐ tāde dì kōngxū . zaì tā zāo huò de rìzi , tāmen yào zhōuwéi gōngjī tā .

Yēlìmǐshū 51:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:2

And I will send unto Babylon farmers, that shall fan her, and
shall empty her land
Or, "strangers that shall fan her" ^F3; meaning the Medes and Persians, who should be like a strong wind upon the mountains, where corn, having been threshed, was fanned, and the chaff carried away by the wind; and such would the Chaldeans be in the hand of the Persians, scattered and dispersed among the nations as chaff with the wind, and their cities be emptied of inhabitants, and of their wealth and riches. The Targum is,

``I will send against Babylon spoilers, that shall spoil and exhaust the land:''

for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about;
in the time of the siege they shall surround her on all sides, so that none might escape; as Babylon had been a fanner of the Lord's people, now she should be fanned herself, and stripped of all she had; see ( Jeremiah 15:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Myrz) "alienos", Cocceius; some in Vatablus; so Kimchi, Ben Melech, Abendana.

Yēlìmǐshū 51:2 In-Context

1 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ bì shǐ huǐmiè de fēng guā qǐ , gōngjī Bābǐlún hé zhù zaì lì jiā mǐ de rén .

2 Wǒ yào dǎfa waìbāngrén lái dào Bābǐlún , bǒ yáng tā , shǐ tāde dì kōngxū . zaì tā zāo huò de rìzi , tāmen yào zhōuwéi gōngjī tā .

3 Lá gōng de , yào xiàng lá gōng de hé guàn jiǎ tǐng shēn de shè jiàn . búyào lián xī tāde shàonián rén . yào miè jìn tāde quán jūn .

4 Tāmen bì zaì Jiālèdǐ rén zhī dì beì shā pú dǎo , zaì Bābǐlún de jiē shang beì cī tòu .

5 Yǐsèliè hé Yóudà suīrán jìng neì chōngmǎn wéibeì Yǐsèliè shèng zhĕ de zuì , què méiyǒu beì tāde shén wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá diūqì .