Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Destroy the sower out of Babylon, and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land. the sower Jeremiah 51:23 And with thee I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, and with thee I will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee I will break in pieces captains and rulers. Joel 1:11 The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished. Amos 5:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament. sickle. Jeremiah 46:16 He hath multiplied them that fall, and one hath fallen upon another, and they shall say: Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the sword of the dove. Jeremiah 51:9 We would have cured Babylon, but she is not healed: let us forsake her, and let us go every man to his own land: because her judgment hath reached even to the heavens, and is lifted up to the clouds. Isaiah 13:14 And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land. Context Babylon's Fall is Certain…15Shout against her, she hath every where given her hand, her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down, for it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance upon her: as she hath done, so do to her. 16Destroy the sower out of Babylon, and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land. Cross References Isaiah 13:14 And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land. Jeremiah 25:38 He hath forsaken his covert as the lion, for the land is laid waste because of the wrath of the dove, and because of the fierce anger of the Lord. Jeremiah 46:16 He hath multiplied them that fall, and one hath fallen upon another, and they shall say: Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the sword of the dove. Jeremiah 51:9 We would have cured Babylon, but she is not healed: let us forsake her, and let us go every man to his own land: because her judgment hath reached even to the heavens, and is lifted up to the clouds. Joel 1:11 The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished. Lexicon Cut offכִּרְת֤וּ (kir·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the sower זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ (zō·w·rê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify from Babylon, מִבָּבֶ֔ל (mib·bā·ḇel) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city and the one who wields וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ (wə·ṯō·p̄êś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably the sickle מַגָּ֖ל (mag·gāl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4038: A sickle at harvest קָצִ֑יר (qā·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb time. בְּעֵ֣ת (bə·‘êṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when In the face of מִפְּנֵי֙ (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face the oppressor’s הַיּוֹנָ֔ה (hay·yō·w·nāh) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3238: To rage, be violent, to suppress, to maltreat sword, חֶ֣רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword each אִ֤ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person will turn יִפְנ֔וּ (yip̄·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to his own people, עַמּוֹ֙ (‘am·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock each וְאִ֥ישׁ (wə·’îš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person will flee יָנֻֽסוּ׃ (yā·nu·sū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away to his own land. לְאַרְצ֖וֹ (lə·’ar·ṣōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land Additional Translations Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, and him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword let them turn every one to his people, and let them flee every one to his own land. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land. Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, Because of the oppressing sword, Each unto his people -- they turn, And each to his land -- they flee. 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