Jeremiah 51:40
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
אַיִל
ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an o...
עֵז
ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָכָה nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Study H5221 →אַיִל ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
Study H352 →עֵז ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
Study H5795 →Cross References
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a grea...
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
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