Jeremiah 51

1 thus to say LORD look! I to rouse upon Babylon and to(wards) to dwell Leb (Leb)-kamai spirit to ruin

Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

2 and to send: depart to/for Babylon be a stranger and to scatter her and to empty [obj] land: country/planet her for to be upon her from around: side in/on/with day distress: harm

And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, and they shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

3 not to tread (to tread *QK) [the] to tread bow his and not to ascend: rise in/on/with armor his and not to spare to(wards) youth her to devote/destroy all army her

Let the archer bend his bow against her, and let him lift himself up against her in his coat of mail; and spare ye not her young men, destroy ye utterly all her host.

4 and to fall: fall slain: killed in/on/with land: country/planet Chaldea and to pierce in/on/with outside her

And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

5 for not forsaken Israel and Judah from God his from LORD Hosts for land: country/planet their to fill guilt (offering) from holy Israel

For Israel is not widowed, nor Judah, of his God, of the LORD of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

6 to flee from midst Babylon and to escape man: anyone soul: life his not to silence: destroyed in/on/with iniquity: punishment her for time vengeance he/she/it to/for LORD recompense he/she/it to complete to/for her

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life, be not cut off in her iniquity; for it is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; He will render unto her a recompense.

7 cup gold Babylon in/on/with hand LORD be drunk all [the] land: country/planet from wine her to drink nation upon so to be foolish nation

Babylon hath been a golden cup in LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken; the nations have drunk of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.

8 suddenly to fall: fall Babylon and to break to wail upon her to take: take balsam to/for pain her perhaps to heal

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

9 (to heal *Qk) [obj] Babylon and not to heal to leave: forsake her and to go: went man: anyone to/for land: country/planet his for to touch to(wards) [the] heaven justice: judgement her and to lift: raise till cloud

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed; forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

10 to come out: send LORD [obj] righteousness our to come (in): come and to recount in/on/with Zion [obj] deed: work LORD God our

The LORD hath brought forth our victory; come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

11 to purify [the] arrow to fill [the] shield to rouse LORD [obj] spirit king Mede for upon Babylon plot his to/for to ruin her for vengeance LORD he/she/it vengeance temple his

Make bright the arrows, fill the quivers, the LORD hath roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because His device is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.

12 to(wards) wall Babylon to lift: raise ensign to strengthen: strengthen [the] custody to arise: establish to keep: guard to establish: prepare [the] to ambush for also to plan LORD also to make: do [obj] which to speak: speak to(wards) to dwell Babylon

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD hath both devised and done that which He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

13 (to dwell *Qk) upon water many many treasure to come (in): come end your cubit unjust-gain your

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.

14 to swear LORD Hosts in/on/with soul: myself his that if: except if: except to fill you man like/as locust and to sing upon you shout

The LORD of hosts hath sworn by Himself: Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm, and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

15 to make land: country/planet in/on/with strength his to establish: make world in/on/with wisdom his and in/on/with understanding his to stretch heaven

He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His discernment;

16 to/for voice to give: cry out he crowd water in/on/with heaven and to ascend: rise mist from end land: country/planet lightning to/for rain to make and to come out: send spirit: breath from treasure his

At the sound of His giving a multitude of waters in the heavens, He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings at the time of the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries;

17 be brutish all man from knowledge be ashamed all to refine from idol for deception drink offering his and not spirit: breath in/on/with them

Every man is proved to be brutish, for the knowledge — every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image — that his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

18 vanity they(masc.) deed: work delusion in/on/with time punishment their to perish

They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish,

19 not like/as these portion Jacob for to form: formed [the] all he/she/it and tribe inheritance his LORD Hosts name his

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for He is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; the LORD of hosts is His name.

20 war-club you(m. s.) to/for me article/utensil battle and to shatter in/on/with you nation and to ruin in/on/with you kingdom

Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

21 and to shatter in/on/with you horse and to ride his and to shatter in/on/with you chariot and to ride his

And with thee will I shatter the horse and his rider, and with thee will I shatter the chariot and him that rideth therein;

22 and to shatter in/on/with you man and woman and to shatter in/on/with you old and youth and to shatter in/on/with you youth and virgin

And with thee will I shatter man and woman, and with thee will I shatter the old man and the youth, and with thee will I shatter the young man and the maid;

23 and to shatter in/on/with you to pasture and flock his and to shatter in/on/with you farmer and pair his and to shatter in/on/with you governor and ruler

And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies.

24 and to complete to/for Babylon and to/for all to dwell Chaldea [obj] all distress: evil their which to make: do in/on/with Zion to/for eye your utterance LORD

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion, in your sight; saith the LORD.

25 look! I to(wards) you mountain: mount [the] destruction utterance LORD [the] to ruin [obj] all [the] land: country/planet and to stretch [obj] hand my upon you and to roll you from [the] crag and to give: make you to/for mountain: mount fire

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out My hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

26 and not to take: take from you stone to/for corner and stone to/for foundation for devastation forever: enduring to be utterance LORD

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

27 to lift: raise ensign in/on/with land: country/planet to blow trumpet in/on/with nation to consecrate: prepare upon her nation to hear: proclaim upon her kingdom Ararat Minni and Ashkenaz to reckon: overseer upon her official to ascend: attack horse like/as locust rough

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the horn among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

28 to consecrate: prepare upon her nation [obj] king Mede [obj] governor her and [obj] all ruler her and [obj] all land: country/planet dominion his

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

29 and to shake [the] land: country/planet and to twist: writh in pain for to arise: establish upon Babylon plot LORD to/for to set: make [obj] land: country/planet Babylon to/for horror: destroyed from nothing to dwell

And the land quaketh and is in pain; for the purposes of the LORD are performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

30 to cease mighty man Babylon to/for to fight to dwell in/on/with stronghold be dry might their to be to/for woman to kindle tabernacle her to break bar her

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed, they are become as women; her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

31 to run: run to/for to encounter: meet to run: run to run: run and to tell to/for to encounter: meet to tell to/for to tell to/for king Babylon for to capture city his from end

One post runneth to meet another, and one messenger to meet an other, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter;

32 and [the] ford to capture and [obj] [the] pool to burn in/on/with fire and human [the] battle to dismay

And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

33 for thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel daughter Babylon like/as threshing floor time to tread her still little and to come (in): come time [the] harvest to/for her

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

34 (to eat me to confuse me *QK) Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon (to set me *QK) article/utensil vain (to swallow up me *QK) like/as serpent: monster to fill belly his from delicacy my (to wash me *QK)

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath set me down as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath washed me clean.

35 violence my and flesh my upon Babylon to say to dwell Zion and blood my to(wards) to dwell Chaldea to say Jerusalem

'The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon', shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and: 'My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea', shall Jerusalem say.

36 to/for so thus to say LORD look! I to contend [obj] strife your and to avenge [obj] vengeance your and to dry [obj] sea her and to wither [obj] fountain her

Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

37 and to be Babylon to/for heap habitation jackal horror: appalled and hissing from nothing to dwell

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

38 together like/as lion to roar to growl like/as whelp lion

They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

39 in/on/with to warm they to set: make [obj] feast their and be drunk them because to exult and to sleep sleep forever: enduring and not to awake utterance LORD

With their poison I will prepare their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may be convulsed, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

40 to go down them like/as ram to/for to slaughter like/as ram with goat

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

41 how? to capture Babylon and to capture praise all [the] land: country/planet how? to be to/for horror: appalled Babylon in/on/with nation

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

42 to ascend: rise upon Babylon [the] sea in/on/with crowd heap: wave his to cover

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

43 to be city her to/for horror: appalled land: country/planet dryness and plain land: country/planet not to dwell in/on/with them all man and not to pass in/on/with them son: child man

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

44 and to reckon: punish upon Bel in/on/with Babylon and to come out: send [obj] swallowing his from lip his and not to flow to(wards) him still nation also wall Babylon to fall: fall

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up, and the nations shall not flow any more unto him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

45 to come out: come from midst her people my and to escape man: anyone [obj] soul: life his from burning anger face: anger LORD

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of the LORD.

46 and lest be tender heart your and to fear in/on/with tidings [the] to hear: hear in/on/with land: country/planet and to come (in): come in/on/with year [the] tidings and after him in/on/with year [the] tidings and violence in/on/with land: country/planet and to rule upon to rule

And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye, for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come one year, and after that in another year a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

47 to/for so behold day to come (in): come and to reckon: punish upon idol Babylon and all land: country/planet her be ashamed and all slain: killed her to fall: kill in/on/with midst her

Therefore behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon, and her whole land shall be ashamed; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

48 and to sing upon Babylon heaven and land: country/planet and all which in/on/with them for from north to come (in): come to/for her [the] to ruin utterance LORD

Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

49 also Babylon to/for to fall: kill slain: killed Israel also to/for Babylon to fall: kill slain: killed all [the] land: country/planet

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

50 survivor from sword to go: went not to stand: stand to remember from distant [obj] LORD and Jerusalem to ascend: rise upon heart your

Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

51 be ashamed for to hear: hear reproach to cover shame face our for to come (in): come be a stranger upon sanctuary house: temple LORD

'We are ashamed, because we have heard reproach, confusion hath covered our faces; for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.'

52 to/for so behold day to come (in): come utterance LORD and to reckon: punish upon idol her and in/on/with all land: country/planet her to groan slain: wounded

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

53 for to ascend: rise Babylon [the] heaven and for to gather/restrain/fortify height strength her from with me to come (in): come to ruin to/for her utterance LORD

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

54 voice outcry from Babylon and breaking great: large from land: country/planet Chaldea

Hark! a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

55 for to ruin LORD [obj] Babylon and to perish from her voice great: large and to roar heap: wave their like/as water many to give: cry out roar voice their

For the LORD spoileth Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is uttered;

56 for to come (in): come upon her upon Babylon to ruin and to capture mighty man her to to be dismayed bow their for God recompense LORD to complete to complete

For the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are shattered; for the LORD is a God of recompenses, He will surely requite.

57 and be drunk ruler her and wise her governor her and ruler her and mighty man her and to sleep sleep forever: enduring and not to awake utterance [the] king LORD Hosts name his

And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

58 thus to say LORD Hosts wall Babylon [the] broad: wide to strip to strip and gate her [the] high in/on/with fire to kindle and be weary/toil people in/on/with sufficiency vain and people in/on/with sufficiency fire and to faint

Thus saith the LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labour for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

59 [the] word which to command Jeremiah [the] prophet [obj] Seraiah son: child Neriah son: child Mahseiah in/on/with to go: went he with Zedekiah king Judah Babylon in/on/with year [the] fourth to/for to reign him and Seraiah ruler resting

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was quartermaster.

60 and to write Jeremiah [obj] all [the] distress: harm which to come (in): come to(wards) Babylon to(wards) scroll: book one [obj] all [the] word [the] these [the] to write to(wards) Babylon

And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

61 and to say Jeremiah to(wards) Seraiah like/as to come (in): come you Babylon and to see: see and to call: read out [obj] all [the] word [the] these

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: 'When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

62 and to say LORD you(m. s.) to speak: speak to(wards) [the] place [the] this to/for to cut: eliminate him to/for lest to be in/on/with him to dwell to/for from man and till animal for devastation forever: enduring to be

and say: O LORD, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

63 and to be like/as to end: finish you to/for to call: read out [obj] [the] scroll: book [the] this to conspire upon him stone and to throw him to(wards) midst Euphrates

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;

64 and to say thus to sink Babylon and not to arise: rise from face: because [the] distress: harm which I to come (in): bring upon her and to faint till here/thus word Jeremiah

and thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary.' Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.