The Meaning of Jeremiah 51:22 Explained

Jeremiah 51:22

KJV: With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

YLT: And I have broken in pieces by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,

Darby: and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

ASV: and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

With thee also will I break in pieces  man  and woman;  and with thee will I break in pieces  old  and young;  and with thee will I break in pieces  the young man  and the maid; 

What does Jeremiah 51:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 51

1  The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel
59  Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates,
64  in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 51:22 mean?

and I will break in pieces with you man and woman old and young with you the young man and the maiden
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י בְךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה זָקֵ֣ן וָנָ֑עַר בְךָ֔ בָּח֖וּר וּבְתוּלָֽה

וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י  and  I  will  break  in  pieces 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָפַץ 
Sense: to shatter, break, dash, beat in pieces.
בְךָ֙  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
אִ֣ישׁ  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְאִשָּׁ֔ה  and  woman 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
זָקֵ֣ן  old 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
וָנָ֑עַר  and  young 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַעַר  
Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
בְךָ֔  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
בָּח֖וּר  the  young  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּחוּר 
Sense: youth, young man.
וּבְתוּלָֽה  and  the  maiden 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּתוּלָה  
Sense: virgin.