NET Bible
"I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers."
— Jeremiah 51:21, NET Bible
“And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;”
“and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; ”
“and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;”
“And with thee I will break in pieces the horse, and his rider, and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot, and him that getteth up into it:”
“With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;”
“And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;”
They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.
The LORD, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
“Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.
I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers.
I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.
I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”
“But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans,” says the LORD.