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Jeremiah 51:28

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Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 28

The prophet, in this chapter, goes on with the prediction of Babylon's fall, to which other prophets also bore witness. He is very copious and lively in describing the foresight God had given him of it, for the encouragement of the pious captives, whose deliverance depended upon it and was to be the result of it. Here is, I. The record of Babylon's doom, with the particulars of it, intermixed with the grounds of God's controversy with her, many aggravations of her fall, and great encouragements given thence to the Israel of God, that suffered such hard things by her (v. 1-58). II. The representation and ratification of this by the throwing of a copy of this prophecy into the river Euphrates (Jer 51:59-64).

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Strong's Concordancev. 28

קָדַשׁ (qâdash, H6942) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) גּוֹי (gôwy, H1471) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight… מֶלֶךְ (melek, H4428) — a king מָדַי (Mâday, H4074) — Madai, a country of central Asia פֶּחָה (pechâh, H6346) — a prefect (of a city or small district) סָגָן (çâgân, H5461) — a prefect of a province אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) מֶמְשָׁלָה (memshâlâh, H4475) — rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler

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Jeremiah 51:11rank 4

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.

Jeremiah 25:25rank 3

all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;

Daniel 8:20rank 2

The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

Isaiah 21:2rank 2

A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Esther 1:3rank 2

In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

Daniel 9:1rank 2

In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—

Esther 10:2rank 2

And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

Daniel 6:8rank 2

Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

Jeremiah 51:27rank 2

“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

I Chronicles 1:5rank 2

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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