Jeremiah 51:21
21 I used you to smash horses and their riders. ▼▼ Heb “horse and its rider.” However, the terms are meant as generic or collective singulars (cf. GKC 395 #123.
b) and are thus translated by the plural. The same thing is true of all the terms in vv.
21–23b. The terms in vv.
20c-d,
23c are plural.
I used you to smash chariots and their drivers.