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Jeremiah 51:56-58

56Forכִּי֩kiH3588a destroyerשׁוֹדֵ֔דsho.DedH7703is comingבָ֨אva'H935against herעָלֶ֤יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921—againstעַל־'al-H5921Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894.Her warriorsגִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָgi.bo.Rei.haH1368will be capturedוְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ve.nil.ke.DuH3920, andtheir bowsקַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑םka.she.to.TamH7198will be brokenחִתְּתָ֖הchi.te.TahH2865,forכִּ֣יkiH3588the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is a Godאֵ֧ל'elH410of retributionגְּמֻל֛וֹתge.mu.LotH1578;He will repay in fullH7999.

57I will make her princesשָׂרֶ֨יהָsa.Rei.haH8269and wise menוַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָva.cha.kha.Mei.haH2450drunkוְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּיVe.hish.kar.tiH7937,along with her governorsפַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָpa.cho.Tei.haH6346,officialsוּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙u.se.ga.Nei.haH5461,and warriorsוְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָve.gi.bo.Rei.haH1368.Then they will fall asleepוְיָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת־ve.ya.she.Nu she.nat-H3462 H8142foreverעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769and notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808wake upיָקִ֑יצוּya.Ki.tzuH6974,”declaresנְאֻ֨ם־ne.'Um-H5002the Kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,whose nameשְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.MoH8034is the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635.

58This is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otH6635saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559: “Babylon’sבָּבֶ֤לba.VelH894thickהָֽרְחָבָה֙ha.re.cha.VahH7342wallsחֹ֠מוֹתCho.motH2346will be leveledH6209,and her highהַגְּבֹהִ֖יםha.ge.vo.HimH1364gatesוּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haH8179consumedיִצַּ֑תּוּyi.Tza.tuH3341by fireבָּאֵ֣שׁba.'EshH784.So the laborוְיִֽגְע֨וּve.yig.'UH3021of the peopleעַמִּ֧ים'a.MimH5971will be for nothingבְּדֵי־ רִ֛יקbe.dei- rikH1767 H7385;the nationsוּלְאֻמִּ֥ים בְּדֵי־u.le.'u.Mim be.dei-H3816 H1767will exhaust themselvesוְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ סve.ya.'E.fuH3286to fuel the flamesאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784.”

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