New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 51:1-4

1Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: “BeholdH2009,I am going to arouseמֵעִ֣ירme.'IrH5782againstעַל־'al-H5921Babylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894And againstוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427ofLeb-kamaiH3846Thespiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307of a destroyerמַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.ChitH7843.

2I will dispatchוְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֨יve.shi.lach.TiH7971foreignersזָרִים֙za.RimH2114to Babylonלְבָבֶ֤ל׀le.va.VelH894that they maywinnowוְזֵר֔וּהָve.ze.Ru.haH2219herAnd may devastateוִיבֹקְק֖וּvi.vo.ke.KuH1238her landאַרְצָ֑הּ'ar.TzahH776;For on everyH5439sideH5439they will be opposedעָלֶ֛יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921to herIn the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of hercalamityH7463.

3Let not him whobendsיִדְרֹ֤ךְyid.RokhH1869his bowקַשְׁתּ֔וֹkash.ToH7198bendהַדֹּרֵךְ֙ha.do.reKhH1869it,Norאֶל־'el-H413let him riseיִתְעַ֖לyit.'AlH5927up in hisscale-armorבְּסִרְיֹנ֑וֹbe.sir.yo.NoH5630;So do not spareתַּחְמְלוּ֙tach.me.LuH2550her youngבַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָba.chu.Rei.haH970menH970;DevoteH2763allכָּל־kol-H3605her armyצְבָאָֽהּ׃tze.va.'AhH6635to destructionH2763.

4They will fallוְנָפְל֥וּve.na.fe.LuH5307downH5307slainחֲלָלִ֖יםcha.la.LimH2491in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778, AndpiercedH1856throughH1856in their streetsבְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃be.chu.tzo.Tei.haH2351.”

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