Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 51

1Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:Beholdהִנְנִי֙hi.NiH2005, I willraiseH6965upH6965againstH5921Babylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894, andagainstH5921them thatdwellיֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427in Lebkamai, adestroyingמַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.ChitH7843windר֖וּחַRu.achH7307.

2And I willsendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֨יve.shi.lach.TiH7971untoBabylonלְבָבֶ֤ל׀le.va.VelH894strangersזָרִים֙za.RimH2114, that shall fanherH7971; and they shall emptyherH7971landאַרְצָ֑הּ'ar.TzahH776: for in thedayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117oftroubleרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451they shall beagainstעָלֶ֛יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921herH7971roundמִסָּבִ֖יבmi.sa.VivH5439aboutהָי֥וּha.YuH1961.

3LetH408notH408the archerbendH1869hisbowקַשְׁתּ֔וֹkash.ToH7198, andletH408himnotH408liftH5927himselfאֶל־'el-H413upH5927in his coat of mail: andspareתַּחְמְלוּ֙tach.me.LuH2550yenotH408herH3605youngבַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָba.chu.Rei.haH970menH970;destroyהַחֲרִ֖ימוּha.cha.Ri.muH2763ye utterlyallH3605herH3605hostצְבָאָֽהּ׃tze.va.'AhH6635.

4And they shallfallוְנָפְל֥וּve.na.fe.LuH5307downH5307slainחֲלָלִ֖יםcha.la.LimH2491in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778, andthrustH1856throughH1856in herstreetsבְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃be.chu.tzo.Tei.haH2351.

5ForIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478isnotH3808forsakenאַלְמָ֨ן'al.ManH488,norH3808Judahוִֽיהוּדָה֙vi.hu.DahH3063, of hisGodמֵֽאֱלֹהָ֔יוme.'e.lo.HavH430, of theLORDמֵֽיְהוָ֖הme.Yah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635;thoughH3588theirlandאַרְצָם֙'ar.TzamH776isfullמָלְאָ֣הmal.'AhH4390ofguiltאָשָׁ֔ם'a.ShamH817against theHolyמִקְּד֖וֹשׁmi.ke.Do.oshH6918One ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

6Fleeנֻ֣סוּ׀Nu.suH5127outH376of themidstמִתּ֣וֹךְmi.TokhH8432ofBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894, andsaveוּמַלְּטוּ֙u.ma.le.TuH4422everyH376manH376hislifeנַפְשׁ֔וֹnaf.ShoH5315; benotאַל־'al-H408cutoffעֵ֨ת'etH6256inherH3588iniquityבַּעֲוֹנָ֑הּba.'a.vo.NahH5771: for it is the time of theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068vengeanceנְקָמָ֥הne.ka.MahH5360; he will render untoherH3588a recompence.

7Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894hath been agoldenזָהָ֤בza.HavH2091cupכּוֹס־kos-H3563in theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027; thatmadeH3605allH3605theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776drunken: thenationsגוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471havedrunkמְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶתme.sha.Ke.retH7937ofherH3605wineמִיֵּינָהּ֙mi.yei.NahH3196; therefore thenationsגוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471are mad.

8Babylonבָבֶ֖לva.VelH894issuddenlyפִּתְאֹ֛םpit.'OmH6597fallenנָפְלָ֥הna.fe.LahH5307and destroyed:howlהֵילִ֣ילוּhei.Li.luH3213forherH3947;takeH3947balmצֳרִי֙tzo.RiH6875forherH3947painלְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּle.makh.'o.VahH4341,ifאוּלַ֖י'u.LaiH194soH3947be she may behealedתֵּרָפֵֽא׃te.ra.Fe'H7495.

9WeH3588would havehealedרִפִּ֣ינוּri.pi.nuH7495Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894, butsheH3588isnotH3808healedנִרְפָּ֔תָהnir.Pa.tahH7495:forsakeעִזְב֕וּהָ'iz.Vu.haH5800herH413, andletH3808usH413goeveryH376oneintoH413hisownH376countryלְאַרְצ֑וֹle.'ar.TzoH776: forherH413judgmentמִשְׁפָּטָ֔הּmish.pa.TahH4941reacheth untoheavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and isliftedוְנִשָּׂ֖אve.ni.Sa'H5375upH5375evenעַד־'ad-H5704to theskiesשְׁחָקִֽים׃she.cha.KimH7834.

10TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathbroughtH935forthהוֹצִ֥יאho.Tzi'H3318ourrighteousnessצִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּtzid.ko.Tei.nuH6666:comeבֹּ֚אוּBo.'uH935, and letusH935declareוּנְסַפְּרָ֣הu.ne.sa.pe.RahH5608inZionבְצִיּ֔וֹןve.tzi.YonH6726theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639of theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.

11Makeכִּֽי־ki-H3588sharp thearrowsהַחִצִּים֮ha.chi.TzimH2671; hold firm theshieldsהַשְּׁלָטִים֒ha.she.la.TimH7982: theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068hathstirredהֵעִ֣ירhe.'IrH5782upH5921thespiritר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achH7307of thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of theMedesמָדַ֔יma.DaiH4074;becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588his device isagainstH5921Babylonבָּבֶ֥לba.VelH894, todestroyלְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּle.hash.chi.TahH7843it: for it is thevengeanceנִקְמַ֤תnik.MatH5360of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, thevengeanceנִקְמַ֖תnik.MatH5360of histempleהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃hei.kha.LoH1964.

12SetH6965upH6965astandardנֵ֗סNesH5251againstH413thewallsחוֹמֹ֨תcho.MotH2346ofBabylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894,makeH6213thewatchH8104strongהַחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ha.cha.Zi.kuH2388,setH6965thewatchmenשֹֽׁמְרִ֔יםsho.me.RimH8104,prepareהָכִ֖ינוּha.Khi.nuH3559theambushesהָאֹֽרְבִ֑יםha.'o.re.VimH693: for theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathbothH1571devised anddoneH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he spake concerning theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427ofBabylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH894.

13O thou that dwellestuponעַל־'al-H5921manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325,abundantרַבַּ֖תra.BatH7227intreasuresאֽוֹצָרֹ֑ת'o.tza.RotH214, thineendקִצֵּ֖ךְki.TzekhH7093iscomeבָּ֥אba'H935, themeasureאַמַּ֥ת'a.MatH520of thy covetousness.

14TheLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֛עnish.Ba'H7650byhimselfבְּנַפְשׁ֑וֹbe.naf.ShoH5315, saying,Surelyכִּ֣יkiH3588I willfillמִלֵּאתִ֤יךְmi.le.TikhH4390thee withmenאָדָם֙'a.DamH120, as with the cankerworm; and they shall liftupH5921ashoutהֵידָֽד׃ סhei.DadH1959againstH5921thee.

15He hathmadeעֹשֵׂ֥ה'o.SehH6213theearthאֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retzH776by hispowerבְּכֹח֔וֹbe.kho.ChoH3581, he hathestablishedמֵכִ֥יןme.KhinH3559theworldתֵּבֵ֖לte.VelH8398by hiswisdomבְּחָכְמָת֑וֹbe.cha.khe.ma.ToH2451, and by hisunderstandingוּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹu.vit.vu.na.ToH8394hath hestretchedנָטָ֥הna.TahH5186outH5186theheavensשָׁמָֽיִם׃sha.Ma.yimH8064:

16when he uttereth hisvoiceלְק֨וֹלle.KolH6963, there is atumultהֲמ֥וֹןha.MonH1995ofwatersמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325in theheavensבַּשָּׁמַ֔יִםba.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and he causeth the vapours toascendוַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927from the ends of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776; he makethlightningsבְּרָקִ֤יםbe.ra.KimH1300for therainלַמָּטָר֙la.ma.TarH4306, and bringethforthH3318thewindר֖וּחַRu.achH7307outH3318of histreasuriesמֵאֹצְרֹתָֽיו׃me.'o.tze.ro.TavH214.

17Everyכָּל־kol-H3605manאָדָם֙'a.DamH120isbecomeH3001brutish and iswithoutH3808knowledgeמִדַּ֔עַתmi.Da.'atH1847;everyכָּל־kol-H3605goldsmithצֹרֵ֖ףtzo.RefH6884is put to shame by hisgravenH6459imageH6459: for his moltenimageH6459isfalsehoodשֶׁ֥קֶרShe.kerH8267, and there isnoH3808breathר֥וּחַRu.achH7307in them.

18They arevanityH1892, aworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639ofdelusionH1892: in the time of their visitation they shallperishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6.

19Theportionחֵ֣לֶקChe.lekH2506ofJacobיַעֲק֗וֹבya.'a.KovH3290isnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808liketheseH428; for he is theformerH428ofallהַכֹּל֙ha.KolH3605things; and Israel is thetribeוְשֵׁ֖בֶטve.She.vetH7626of hisinheritanceנַחֲלָת֑וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159: theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635is hisnameשְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.MoH8034.

20Thou art mybattleH4421axe andweaponsכְּלֵ֖יke.LeiH3627ofwarמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421: and with thee will I break in pieces thenationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471; and with thee will Idestroyוְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥יve.hish.cha.TiH7843kingdomsמַמְלָכֽוֹת׃mam.la.KhotH4467;

21and with thee will I break in pieces thehorseס֖וּסsusH5483and hisriderH7392; and with thee will I break in pieces thechariotרֶ֖כֶבRe.khevH7393and him that rideth therein;

22and with thee will I break in piecesmanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376andwomanוְאִשָּׁ֔הve.'i.ShahH802; and with thee will I break in pieces theoldזָקֵ֣ןza.KenH2205manH376and theyouthH5288; and with thee will I break in pieces theyoungוָנָ֑עַרva.Na.'arH5288manH376and the maid;

23and with thee will I break in pieces theshepherdרֹעֶ֣הro.'EhH7462and hisflockוְעֶדְר֔וֹve.'ed.RoH5739; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and hisyokeוְצִמְדּ֑וֹve.tzim.DoH6776of oxen; and with thee will I break in piecesgovernorsפַּח֖וֹתpa.ChotH6346and deputies.

24And I will render untoBabylonלְבָבֶ֜לle.va.VelH894and toallוּלְכֹ֣ל׀u.le.KholH3605theinhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofChaldeaכַשְׂדִּ֗יםkhas.DimH3778allכָּל־kol-H3605theirevilרָעָתָ֛םra.'a.TamH7451that they havedoneעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213inZionבְצִיּ֖וֹןve.tzi.YonH6726in yoursightלְעֵֽינֵיכֶ֑םle.'ei.nei.KhemH5869, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

25Beholdהִנְנִ֨יhi.NiH2005, I amagainstH5921thee, Odestroyingהַמַּשְׁחִ֖יתha.mash.ChitH7843mountainהַ֤רharH2022, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,whichH2022destroyestallכָּל־kol-H3605theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and I willstretchוְנָטִ֨יתִיve.na.Ti.tiH5186outH4480mineH4480handיָדִ֜יya.DiH3027uponH5921thee, androllוְגִלְגַּלְתִּ֙יךָ֙ve.gil.gal.Ti.khaH1556theedownH5186from therocksהַסְּלָעִ֔יםha.se.la.'ImH5553, and willmakeוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414thee aburntשְׂרֵפָֽה׃se.re.FahH8316mountainלְהַ֥רle.HarH2022.

26And they shallnotH3808takeיִקְח֤וּyik.ChuH3947of thee astoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68for acornerלְפִנָּ֔הle.fi.NahH6438,norH3808astoneוְאֶ֖בֶןve.'E.venH68forfoundationsלְמֽוֹסָד֑וֹתle.mo.sa.DotH4146; but thou shalt bedesolateשִׁמְמ֥וֹתshi.MotH8077foreverעוֹלָ֛םo.LamH5769, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

27SetH6942yeupH5927astandardנֵ֣סnesH5251in thelandבָּאָ֗רֶץba.'A.retzH776,blowתִּקְע֨וּtik.'UH8628thetrumpetשׁוֹפָ֤רsho.FarH7782among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִם֙ba.go.YimH1471,prepareH6942thenationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471againstH5921herH5921,callH6485togetherH5921againstH5921herH5921thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467ofAraratאֲרָרַ֖ט'a.ra.RatH780,Minniמִנִּ֣יmi.NiH4508, andAshkenazוְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑זve.'ash.ke.NazH813:appointפִּקְד֤וּpik.DuH6485amarshalטִפְסָ֔רtif.SarH2951againstH5921herH5921; cause thehorsesס֖וּסsusH5483tocomeH5927upH5927as the rough cankerworm.

28Prepareקַדְּשׁ֨וּka.de.ShuH6942againstעָלֶ֤יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921herH3605thenationsגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471, thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of theMedesמָדַ֔יma.DaiH4074, thegovernorsפַּחוֹתֶ֖יהָpa.cho.Tei.haH6346thereof, andallH3605the deputies thereof, andallH3605thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of hisdominionמֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃mem.shal.ToH4475.

29And thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776trembleth and is in pain: for thepurposesמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068againstעַל־'al-H5921Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894doH369standקָ֤מָהKa.mahH6965, tomakeלָשׂ֞וּםla.SumH7760thelandאֶ֧רֶץ'E.retzH776ofBabylonבָּבֶ֛לba.VelH894adesolationלְשַׁמָּ֖הle.sha.MahH8047,withoutH369inhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

30ThemightyH1368menH1368ofBabylonבָבֶ֜לva.VelH894have forborne tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֗םle.hi.la.ChemH3898, theyremainיָֽשְׁבוּ֙ya.she.VuH3427in theirstrongH1368holds; their might hathfailedחָדְלוּ֩cha.de.LuH2308; they arebecomeהָי֣וּha.YuH1961aswomenH802:herH802dwellingH3427placesמִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָmish.ke.no.Tei.haH4908aresetהִצִּ֥יתוּhi.Tzi.tuH3341onfireH3341;herH802barsבְרִיחֶֽיהָ׃ve.ri.Chei.haH1280arebrokenנִשְׁבְּר֥וּnish.be.RuH7665.

31One post shallrunH7323tomeetH7125anotherוּמַגִּ֖ידu.ma.GidH5046, and onemessengerמַגִּ֑ידma.GidH5046tomeetH7125anotherלְהַגִּיד֙le.ha.GidH5046, to shew thekingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894that hiscityעִיר֖וֹi.RoH5892istakenנִלְכְּדָ֥הnil.ke.DahH3920on every quarter:

32and the passages are surprised, and the reeds they haveburnedשָׂרְפ֣וּsa.re.FuH8313withfireבָאֵ֑שׁva.'EshH784, and themenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הha.mil.cha.MahH4421are affrighted.

33Forthusכֹ֨הkhohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478: Thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofBabylonבָּבֶ֕לba.VelH894is like a threshing-floor at the time when it istroddenהִדְרִיכָ֑הּhid.ri.KhahH1869; yet alittleמְעַ֔טme.'AtH4592whileע֣וֹדodH5750, and the time ofharvestהַקָּצִ֖ירha.ka.TzirH7105shallcomeוּבָ֥אָהu.Va.'ahH935forherH935.

34Nebuchadrezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶל֒ba.VelH894hathdevouredאֲכָלַ֣נִי'a.kha.la.niH398meH398, he hathcrushedהֲמָמַ֗נִיha.ma.ma.niH2000meH398, he hathmadeהִצִּיגַ֙נִי֙hi.tzi.ga.niH3322meH398an emptyvesselכְּלִ֣יke.LiH3627, he hathswallowedבְּלָעַ֙נִי֙be.la.'a.niH1104meH398upH1104like adragonכַּתַּנִּ֔יןka.ta.NinH8577, he hathfilledמִלָּ֥אmi.La'H4390his maw with my delicates; he hath castmeH398out.

35Theviolenceחֲמָסִ֤יcha.ma.SiH2555done tomeאֶל־'el-H413and to myfleshוּשְׁאֵרִי֙u.she.'e.RiH7607beuponH5921Babylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894, shall theinhabitantיֹשֶׁ֣בֶתyo.She.vetH3427ofZionצִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonH6726sayתֹּאמַ֖רto.MarH559; and, Mybloodוְדָמִי֙ve.da.MiH1818beuponH5921theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofChaldeaכַשְׂדִּ֔יםkhas.DimH3778, shallJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סye.ru.sha.LimH3389sayתֹּאמַ֖רto.MarH559.

36Thereforethusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:Beholdהִנְנִי־hi.ni-H2005, I willpleadרָב֙ravH7378thycauseרִיבֵ֔ךְri.VekhH7379, andtakeוְנִקַּמְתִּ֖יve.ni.kam.TiH5358vengeanceנִקְמָתֵ֑ךְnik.ma.TekhH5360for thee; and I willdryוְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖יve.hoash.TiH3001upH3001herH559seaיַמָּ֔הּya.MahH3220, andmakeH3001herH559fountainמְקוֹרָֽהּ׃me.ko.RahH4726dryH3001.

37AndBabylonבָבֶ֨ל׀va.VelH894shallbecomeוְהָיְתָה֩ve.ha.ye.TahH1961heapsלְגַלִּ֧ים׀le.ga.LimH1530, adwellingH3427placeH1961forjackalsתַּנִּ֛יםta.NimH8577, an astonishment, and anhissingוּשְׁרֵקָ֖הu.she.re.KahH8322,withoutמֵאֵ֥יןme.'EinH369inhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

38They shallroarיִשְׁאָ֑גוּyish.'A.guH7580togetherיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162likeyoungכַּכְּפִרִ֣יםka.ke.fi.RimH3715lionsאֲרָיֽוֹת׃'a.ra.YotH738; they shallgrowlנָעֲר֖וּna.'a.RuH5286aslions’H738whelps.

39When they are heated, I willmakeאָשִׁ֣ית'a.ShitH7896theirfeastמִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗םmish.tei.HemH4960, and I willmakeH7896them drunken, that they mayrejoiceיַעֲלֹ֔זוּya.'a.Lo.zuH5937, andsleepשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8142aperpetualעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769sleepH8142, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808wakeיָקִ֑יצוּya.Ki.tzuH6974, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

40I willbringאֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם'o.ri.DemH3381themdownH3381likelambsכְּכָרִ֣יםke.kha.RimH3733to theslaughterלִטְב֑וֹחַlit.Vo.achH2873, likeramsכְּאֵילִ֖יםke.'ei.LimH352with he-goats.

41Howאֵ֚יךְ'eikhH349isSheshachשֵׁשַׁ֔ךְshe.ShakhH8347takenנִלְכְּדָ֣הnil.ke.DahH3920! and thepraiseתְּהִלַּ֣תte.hi.LatH8416of thewholeכָּל־kol-H3605earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776surprised!howאֵ֣יךְ'eikhH349isBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894becomeהָיְתָ֧הha.ye.TahH1961adesolationלְשַׁמָּ֛הle.sha.MahH8047among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ba.go.YimH1471!

42Theseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220iscomeH5927upH5927uponעַל־'al-H5921Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894: she iscoveredנִכְסָֽתָה׃nikh.Sa.tahH3680with themultitudeבַּהֲמ֥וֹןba.ha.MonH1995of thewavesגַּלָּ֖יוga.LavH1530thereof.

43HerH3605citiesעָרֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Rei.haH5892arebecomeהָי֤וּha.YuH1961adesolationלְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.MahH8047, adryצִיָּ֣הtzi.YahH6723landאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776, and adesertוַעֲרָבָ֑הva.'a.ra.VahH6160, alandאֶ֗רֶץ'E.retzH776whereinnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808manH376dwelleth,neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808dothanyH3605sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofmanH376passיַעֲבֹ֥רya.'a.VorH5674thereby.

44And I willdoH3318judgmentוּפָקַדְתִּ֨יu.fa.kad.TiH6485uponH5921Belבֵּ֜לbelH1078inBabylonבְּבָבֶ֗לbe.va.VelH894, and I willbringוְהֹצֵאתִ֤יve.ho.tze.TiH3318forthH3318outH3318of hismouthמִפִּ֔יוmi.PivH6310thatwhichH1471he hathswallowedבִּלְעוֹ֙bil.'OH1105upH5921; and thenationsגּוֹיִ֑םgo.YimH1471shallnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808flowH3318togetherH5921anyH5750moreH5750unto him: yea, thewallחוֹמַ֥תcho.MatH2346ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894shallfallנָפָֽלָה׃na.Fa.lahH5307.

45Mypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971,goH3318yeoutH3318of themidstמִתּוֹכָהּ֙mi.to.KhahH8432ofherH376, andsaveוּמַלְּט֖וּu.ma.le.TuH4422yourselveseveryH376manH376from thefierceמֵחֲר֖וֹןme.cha.RonH2740angerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

46And letnotוּפֶן־u.fen-H6435yourheartלְבַבְכֶם֙le.vav.KhemH3824faintיֵרַ֤ךְye.RakhH7401, neitherfearוְתִֽירְא֔וּve.ti.re.'UH3372ye for the rumour that shall beheardהַנִּשְׁמַ֣עַתha.nish.Ma.'atH8085in thelandבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776; for a rumour shallcomeוּבָ֧אu.Va'H935oneyearבַשָּׁנָ֣הva.sha.NahH8141, andafterוְאַחֲרָ֤יוve.'a.cha.RavH310that inanotherH8052yearבַּשָּׁנָה֙ba.sha.NahH8141shallcomeH935a rumour, andviolenceוְחָמָ֣סve.cha.MasH2555in thelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776,rulerוּמֹשֵׁ֖לu.mo.ShelH4910againstעַל־'al-H5921rulerמֹשֵֽׁל׃mo.ShelH4910.

47Therefore,beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009, thedaysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117comeH935, that I willdoH3605judgmentH935uponעַל־'al-H5921thegravenH6456imagesH6456ofBabylonבָבֶ֔לva.VelH894, andherH3605wholeH3605landאַרְצָ֖הּ'ar.TzahH776shall beashamedתֵּב֑וֹשׁte.Vo.oshH954; andallH3605herH3605slainחֲלָלֶ֖יהָcha.la.Lei.haH2491shallfallיִפְּל֥וּyi.pe.LuH5307in themidstבְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ve.to.KhahH8432ofherH3605.

48Then theheavenשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064and theearthוָאָ֔רֶץva.'A.retzH776, andallH3605that is therein, shallsingH7442forjoyוְרִנְּנ֤וּve.ri.ne.NuH7442overBabylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894; for the spoilers shallcomeיָבוֹא־ya.Vo'-H935untoherH3605from thenorthמִצָּפ֛וֹןmi.tza.FonH6828, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

49AsBabylonבָּבֶ֕לba.VelH894hath caused theslainחַֽלְלֵ֣יcha.LeiH2491ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478tofallלִנְפֹּ֖לlin.PolH5307,soH1571atBabylonלְבָבֶ֥לle.va.VelH894shallfallנָפְל֖וּna.fe.LuH5307theslainחַֽלְלֵ֥יcha.LeiH2491ofallכָל־khol-H3605thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

50Ye that have escaped theswordמֵחֶ֔רֶבme.Che.revH2719,goהִלְכ֖וּhil.KhuH1980ye,standתַּעֲמֹ֑דוּta.'a.Mo.duH5975notH408stillH5975;rememberזִכְר֤וּzikh.RuH2142theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068fromafarמֵֽרָחוֹק֙me.ra.chOkH7350, andletH408Jerusalemוִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖םvi.ru.sha.LimH3389comeH1980intoH1980yourmindלְבַבְכֶֽם׃le.vav.KhemH3824.

51WeH3588areashamedבֹּ֚שְׁנוּBo.she.nuH954,becauseH3588weH3588haveheardשָׁמַ֣עְנוּsha.Ma'.nuH8085reproachחֶרְפָּ֔הcher.PahH2781; confusion hathcoveredכִּסְּתָ֥הki.se.TahH3680ourfacesפָּנֵ֑ינוּpa.Nei.nuH6440: forstrangersזָרִ֔יםza.RimH2114arecomeH935intoH935thesanctuariesמִקְדְּשֵׁ֖יmik.de.SheiH4720of theLORD’Sיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

52Wherefore,beholdהִנֵּֽה־hi.neh-H2009, thedaysיָמִ֤יםya.MimH3117comeH935, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, that I willdoH3605judgmentH935uponH5921herH3605gravenH6456imagesH6456; andthroughH5921allH3605herH3605landאַרְצָ֖הּ'ar.TzahH776thewoundedחָלָֽל׃cha.LalH2491shallgroanיֶאֱנֹ֥קye.'e.NokH602.

53ThoughH3588Babylonבָבֶל֙va.VelH894shouldmountH5927upH5927toheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, andthoughH3588sheH3588shouldfortifyתְבַצֵּ֖רte.va.TzerH1219theheightמְר֣וֹםme.RomH4791ofherH935strengthעֻזָּ֑הּ'u.ZahH5797, yet frommeH935shall spoilerscomeיָבֹ֧אוּya.Vo.'uH935untoherH935, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

54Thesoundק֥וֹלKolH6963of acryזְעָקָ֖הze.'a.KahH2201fromBabylonמִבָּבֶ֑לmi.ba.VelH894, and ofgreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419destructionוְשֶׁ֥בֶרve.She.verH7667from thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778!

55For theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068spoilethBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894, and destroyethoutמִמֶּ֖נָּהmi.Me.nahH4480ofherH5414thegreatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419voiceH6963; and theirwavesגַלֵּיהֶם֙ga.lei.HemH1530roarוְהָמ֤וּve.ha.MuH1993likemanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227watersכְּמַ֣יִםke.Ma.yimH4325, thenoiseH6963of theirvoiceH6963isutteredH5414:

56for the spoiler iscomeבָ֨אva'H935uponH5921herH5921,evenכִּי֩kiH3588uponH5921Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894, andherH5921mightyH1368menH1368aretakenוְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ve.nil.ke.DuH3920, theirbowsקַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑םka.she.to.TamH7198are broken in pieces: for theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is aGodאֵ֧ל'elH410of recompences, he shallsurelyכִּ֣יkiH3588requite.

57And I willmakeוְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּיVe.hish.kar.tiH7937drunkH7937herH7937princesשָׂרֶ֨יהָsa.Rei.haH8269andherH7937wiseוַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָva.cha.kha.Mei.haH2450menH1368,herH7937governorsפַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָpa.cho.Tei.haH6346andherH7937deputies, andherH7937mightyH1368menH1368; and they shallsleepשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8142aperpetualעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769sleepH8142, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808wakeיָקִ֑יצוּya.Ki.tzuH6974, saith theKingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,whoseH8034nameשְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.MoH8034is theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635.

58Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otH6635: Thebroadהָֽרְחָבָה֙ha.re.cha.VahH7342wallsחֹ֠מוֹתCho.motH2346ofBabylonבָּבֶ֤לba.VelH894shall be utterly overthrown, andherאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559highהַגְּבֹהִ֖יםha.ge.vo.HimH1364gatesוּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haH8179shall beburnedיִצַּ֑תּוּyi.Tza.tuH3341withfireבָּאֵ֣שׁba.'EshH784; and thepeoplesH5971shall labour for vanity, and thenationsH5971for thefireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784; and they shall bewearyוְיִֽגְע֨וּve.yig.'UH3021.

59Thewordהַדָּבָ֞רha.da.VarH1697whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֣הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִ֗יאha.na.Vi'H5030commandedצִוָּ֣ה׀tzi.VahH6680Seraiahשְׂרָיָ֣הse.ra.YahH8304thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofNeriahנֵרִיָּה֮ne.ri.YahH5374, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofMahseiahמַחְסֵיָה֒mach.se.YahH4271, when he went withZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֤הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063toBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894in thefourthהָרְבִעִ֖יתha.re.vi.'ItH7243yearבִּשְׁנַ֥תbish.NatH8141of hisreignלְמָלְכ֑וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427. NowSeraiahוּשְׂרָיָ֖הu.se.ra.YahH8304waschiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269chamberlain.

60AndJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֣בvai.yikh.ToH3789in abookסֵ֣פֶרSe.ferH5612allכָּל־kol-H3605theevilהָרָעָ֛הha.ra.'AhH7451that shouldcomeתָּב֥וֹאta.Vo'H935uponH935Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894,evenH853allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697that arewrittenהַכְּתֻבִ֖יםha.ke.tu.VimH3789concerningBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelH894.

61AndJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSeraiahשְׂרָיָ֑הse.ra.YahH8304, When thou comest toBabylonבָבֶ֔לva.VelH894, thenseeוְֽרָאִ֔יתָve.ra.'I.taH7200that thoureadוְֽקָרָ֔אתָve.ka.Ra.taH7121allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697,

62andsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559, OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, thou hastspokenדִבַּ֜רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696concerning thisplaceהַמָּק֤וֹםha.ma.KomH4725, tocutלְהַכְרִית֔וֹle.hakh.ri.ToH3772itoffH3772, that none shalldwellיוֹשֵׁ֔בyo.ShevH3427therein,neitherH1115manלְמֵאָדָ֖םle.me.'a.DamH120norH1115beastבְּהֵמָ֑הbe.he.MahH929, but that it shall bedesolateשִׁמְמ֥וֹתshi.MotH8077foreverעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769.

63And it shall be, when thou hastmadeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961anendכְּכַלֹּ֣תְךָ֔ke.cha.Lo.te.khaH3615ofreadingלִקְרֹ֖אlik.Ro'H7121thisbookהַסֵּ֣פֶרha.Se.ferH5612, that thou shaltbindתִּקְשֹׁ֤רtik.ShorH7194astoneאֶ֔בֶן'E.venH68to it, andcastוְהִשְׁלַכְתּ֖וֹve.hish.lakh.ToH7993itintoאֶל־'el-H413themidstתּ֥וֹךְTokhH8432ofEuphratesפְּרָֽת׃pe.RatH6578:

64and thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559,Thusכָּ֠כָהKa.khahH3602shallBabylonבָּבֶ֤לba.VelH894sinkתִּשְׁקַ֨עtish.Ka'H8257, and shallnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808riseתָקוּם֙ta.KumH6965againמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440becauseH5921of theevilהָרָעָ֗הha.ra.'AhH7451that I willbringמֵבִ֥יאme.Vi'H935uponH5921herH5921: and they shall bewearyוְיָעֵ֑פוּve.ya.'E.fuH3286.ThusH3602farעַד־'ad-H5704are thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofJeremiahיִרְמְיָֽהוּ׃ סyir.me.Ya.huH3414.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

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