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Jeremiah 51:20-26

20Thou artmy battle axeמַפֵּץ־ma.petz-H4661andweaponsכְּלֵ֖יke.LeiH3627of warמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421:for with thee will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יve.ni.patz.TiH5310the nationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471,and with thee will I destroyוְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥יve.hish.cha.TiH7843kingdomsמַמְלָכֽוֹת׃mam.la.KhotH4467;

21And with thee will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יve.ni.patz.TiH5310the horseס֖וּסsusH5483and his riderוְרֹֽכְב֑וֹve.ro.khe.VoH7392;and with thee will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יve.ni.patz.TiH5310the chariotרֶ֖כֶבRe.khevH7393and his riderוְרֹכְבֽוֹ׃ve.ro.khe.VoH7392;

22With thee also will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יve.ni.patz.TiH5310manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376and womanוְאִשָּׁ֔הve.'i.ShahH802;and with thee will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֥יve.ni.patz.TiH5310oldזָקֵ֣ןza.KenH2205and youngוָנָ֑עַרva.Na.'arH5288;and with thee will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יve.ni.patz.TiH5310the young manבָּח֖וּרba.ChurH970and the maidוּבְתוּלָֽה׃u.ve.tu.LahH1330;

23I will also break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יve.ni.patz.TiH5310with thee the shepherdרֹעֶ֣הro.'EhH7462and his flockוְעֶדְר֔וֹve.'ed.RoH5739;and with thee will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֥יve.ni.patz.TiH5310the husbandmanאִכָּ֣ר'i.KarH406and his yoke of oxenוְצִמְדּ֑וֹve.tzim.DoH6776;and with thee will I break in piecesוְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יve.ni.patz.TiH5310captainsפַּח֖וֹתpa.ChotH6346and rulersוּסְגָנִֽים׃u.se.ga.NimH5461.

24And I will renderוְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֨יve.shi.lam.TiH7999unto Babylonלְבָבֶ֜לle.va.VelH894and to all the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427of Chaldeaכַשְׂדִּ֗יםkhas.DimH3778all their evilרָעָתָ֛םra.'a.TamH7451that they have doneעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213in Zionבְצִיּ֖וֹןve.tzi.YonH6726in your sightלְעֵֽינֵיכֶ֑םle.'ei.nei.KhemH5869,saithנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

25Behold, I amagainst thee, O destroyingהַמַּשְׁחִית֙ha.mash.ChitH4889mountainהַ֤רharH2022,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,which destroyestהַמַּשְׁחִ֖יתha.mash.ChitH7843all the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:and I will stretch outוְנָטִ֨יתִיve.na.Ti.tiH5186mine handיָדִ֜יya.DiH3027upon thee, and roll thee downוְגִלְגַּלְתִּ֙יךָ֙ve.gil.gal.Ti.khaH1556from the rocksהַסְּלָעִ֔יםha.se.la.'ImH5553,and will makeוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414thee a burntשְׂרֵפָֽה׃se.re.FahH8316mountainלְהַ֥רle.HarH2022.

26And they shall not takeיִקְח֤וּyik.ChuH3947of thee a stoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68for a cornerלְפִנָּ֔הle.fi.NahH6438,nor a stoneוְאֶ֖בֶןve.'E.venH68for foundationsלְמֽוֹסָד֑וֹתle.mo.sa.DotH4146;but thou shalt be desolateשִׁמְמ֥וֹתshi.MotH8077for everעוֹלָ֛םo.LamH5769,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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