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Jeremiah 51:36-42

36Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah:Behold,IwillpleadthycauseH7379,andtakevengeanceנִקְמָתֵ֑ךְnik.ma.TekhH5360forthee;andIwilldryוְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖יve.hoash.TiH3001upherseaיַמָּ֔הּya.MahH3220,andmakeH3001herfountainH4726dryH3001.

37AndBabylonבָבֶ֨ל׀va.VelH894shallbecomeוְהָיְתָה֩ve.ha.ye.TahH1961heapsלְגַלִּ֧ים׀le.ga.LimH1530,adwelling-placeforjackalsתַּנִּ֛יםta.NimH8577,anastonishment,andahissing,withoutinhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

38Theyshallroarיִשְׁאָ֑גוּyish.'A.guH7580togetherיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162likeyoungכַּכְּפִרִ֣יםka.ke.fi.RimH3715lionsאֲרָיֽוֹת׃'a.ra.YotH738;theyshallgrowlaslions’H738whelps.

39Whentheyareheated,Iwillmakeאָשִׁ֣ית'a.ShitH7896theirfeastמִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗םmish.tei.HemH4960,andIwillmakeH7896themdrunken,thattheymayrejoiceH5937,andsleepשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8142aperpetualsleepH8142,andnotwake, saithJehovah.

40Iwillbringאֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם'o.ri.DemH3381themdownH3381likelambsכְּכָרִ֣יםke.kha.RimH3733totheslaughterלִטְב֑וֹחַlit.Vo.achH2873,likeramsכְּאֵילִ֖יםke.'ei.LimH352withhe-goats.

41Howאֵ֚יךְ'eikhH349isSheshachשֵׁשַׁ֔ךְshe.ShakhH8347takenH3920!andthepraiseתְּהִלַּ֣תte.hi.LatH8416ofthewholeearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776seizedH8610!howאֵ֣יךְ'eikhH349isBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894becomeהָיְתָ֧הha.ye.TahH1961adesolationH8047amongthenationsבַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ba.go.YimH1471!

42Theseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220iscomeH5927upuponBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894; sheiscoveredנִכְסָֽתָה׃nikh.Sa.tahH3680withthemultitudeH1995ofthewavesthereof.

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