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Jeremiah 51:36-42

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.

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