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Jeremiah 51:48-56

48Thentheheavensשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064andtheearthוָאָ֔רֶץva.'A.retzH776,andallthatistherein,shallsingH7442forjoyוְרִנְּנ֤וּve.ri.ne.NuH7442overBabylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894;forthedestroyersהַשּׁוֹדְדִ֖יםha.sho.DimH7703shallcomeיָבוֹא־ya.Vo'-H935untoherfromthenorthמִצָּפ֛וֹןmi.tza.FonH6828, saithJehovah.

49AsBabylonבָּבֶ֕לba.VelH894hath causedtheslainחַֽלְלֵ֣יcha.LeiH2491ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478tofallH5307,soatBabylonלְבָבֶ֥לle.va.VelH894shallfallH5307theslainחַֽלְלֵ֥יcha.LeiH2491ofallthelandH776.

50Yethathaveescapedtheswordמֵחֶ֔רֶבme.Che.revH2719,goהִלְכ֖וּhil.KhuH1980ye,standתַּעֲמֹ֑דוּta.'a.Mo.duH5975notstillH5975;rememberזִכְר֤וּzikh.RuH2142JehovahfromafarH7350,andletJerusalemוִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖םvi.ru.sha.LimH3389comeH1980intoyourmind.

51Weareconfounded,becausewehaveheardH8085reproachH2781; confusion hathcoveredכִּסְּתָ֥הki.se.TahH3680ourfacesH6440:forstrangersזָרִ֔יםza.RimH2114arecomeH935intothesanctuariesH4720ofJehovah’shouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

52Wherefore,behold,thedaysיָמִ֤יםya.MimH3117comeH935, saithJehovah,thatIwillexecutejudgmentuponhergravenimages;andthroughallherlandאַרְצָ֖הּ'ar.TzahH776thewoundedחָלָֽל׃cha.LalH2491shallgroanיֶאֱנֹ֥קye.'e.NokH602.

53ThoughBabylonבָבֶל֙va.VelH894shouldmountuptoheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andthoughsheshouldfortifyתְבַצֵּ֖רte.va.TzerH1219theheightמְר֣וֹםme.RomH4791ofherstrengthעֻזָּ֑הּ'u.ZahH5797,yetfrommeshalldestroyersשֹׁדְדִ֛יםsho.de.DimH7703comeיָבֹ֧אוּya.Vo.'uH935untoher, saithJehovah.

54Thesoundק֥וֹלKolH6963ofacryזְעָקָ֖הze.'a.KahH2201fromBabylonמִבָּבֶ֑לmi.ba.VelH894,andofgreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419destructionוְשֶׁ֥בֶרve.She.verH7667fromthelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776oftheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778!

55ForJehovahlayethBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894waste,anddestroyethoutofherthegreatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419voiceH6963;andtheirwavesroarוְהָמ֤וּve.ha.MuH1993likemanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227watersכְּמַ֣יִםke.Ma.yimH4325;thenoiseoftheirvoiceH6963isuttered:

56forthedestroyerשׁוֹדֵ֔דsho.DedH7703iscomeבָ֨אva'H935uponher,evenuponBabylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894,andhermightyH1368menH1368aretakenH3920,theirbowsקַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑םka.she.to.TamH7198arebrokeninpieces;forJehovahisaGodאֵ֧ל'elH410ofrecompenses,hewillsurelyrequite.

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