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Jeremiah 51:54-59

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.

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