Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 51:5-14

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.

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