Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, {\i or} as if a staff should lift up {\i him that is} not wood.
Jeremiah 51:20 - American Standard Version 2015 Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You [Cyrus of Persia, soon to conquer Babylon] are My battle-ax or maul and weapon of war–for with you I break nations in pieces, with you I destroy kingdoms, American Standard Version (1901) Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; Common English Bible You are my hammer, my weapon of war. With you I will crush the nations. With you I will destroy kingdoms. Catholic Public Domain Version "For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: |
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, {\i or} as if a staff should lift up {\i him that is} not wood.
Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.\par
Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.\par
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and {\i I will send} unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.