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Jeremiah 51:24-26

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.'UmH5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

25Behold, I amagainst thee, O destroyingהַמַּשְׁחִית֙ha.mash.ChitH4889mountainהַ֤רharH2022,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.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-H5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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