Focused Passage

Jeremiah 25:8-11

Seventy Years for Babylon and the Cup of the LORD's Wrath

The chapter moves from Jeremiah's retrospective indictment of Judah's refusal to listen, to the seventy-year Babylonian judgment, to Babylon's later punishment, and finally to the cup of wrath poured out on Judah and all nations.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

8Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,

9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

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Verse 8

Original words

Thereforeלָכֵ֕ןH3651Adverbthis is whatכֹּ֥הH3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָא֑וֹתH6635Noun - common pluralsaysאָמַ֖רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularBecauseיַ֕עַןH3282Adverb-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativeyou have notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleobeyedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םH8085Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerMy wordsדְּבָרָֽי׃H1697Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Verse 9

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:37Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 29:8Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 36:21Classic cross-references Habakkuk 3:16Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:3Classic cross-references

Original words

beholdהִנְנִ֣יH2005Interjection | first person common singularI will summonשֹׁלֵ֡חַH7971Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular. . .וְלָקַחְתִּי֩H3947Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe familiesמִשְׁפְּח֨וֹתH4940Noun - feminine plural constructof the northצָפ֜וֹןH6828Noun - feminine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularand [I will send for]וְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | PrepositionMy servantעַבְדִּי֒H5650Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularNebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רH5019Noun - proper - masculine singularkingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Babylonבָּבֶל֮H894Noun - proper - feminine singularwhom I will bringוַהֲבִ֨אֹתִ֜יםH935Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluralagainstעַל־H5921Prepositionthisהַזֹּאת֙H2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singularlandהָאָ֤רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularagainstוְעַל־H5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositionits residentsיֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularand againstוְעַ֛לH5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositionallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructtheהָאֵ֖לֶּהH428Article | Pronoun - common pluralsurroundingסָבִ֑יבH5439Adverbnationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םH1471Article | Noun - masculine pluralSo I will devote them to destructionוְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔יםH2763Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluraland make themוְשַׂמְתִּים֙H7760Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluralan object of horrorלְשַׁמָּ֣הH8047Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularand contemptוְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔הH8322Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularan everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃H5769Noun - masculine singulardesolationוּלְחָרְב֖וֹתH2723Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct

BSB notes

Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

Verse 10

Cross-references

Revelation 18:22Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 12:4Classic cross-references Jeremiah 16:9Classic cross-references Jeremiah 7:34Classic cross-references Ezekiel 26:13Classic cross-references

Original words

Moreover, I will banishוְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֣יH6Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularfrom themמֵהֶ֗םPreposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralthe soundsק֤וֹלH6963Noun - masculine singular constructof joyשָׂשׂוֹן֙H8342Noun - masculine singularand gladnessשִׂמְחָ֔הH8057Noun - feminine singularthe voicesוְק֣וֹלH6963Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof the brideכַּלָּ֑הH3618Noun - feminine singularandוְק֣וֹלH6963Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructbridegroomחָתָ֖ןH2860Noun - masculine singular. . .ק֥וֹלH6963Noun - masculine singularthe soundק֥וֹלH6963Noun - masculine singular constructof the millstonesרֵחַ֖יִםH7347Noun - mdand the lightוְא֥וֹרH216Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular constructof the lampנֵֽר׃H5216Noun - masculine singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

Daniel 9:2Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 36:21Classic cross-references Habakkuk 3:2Classic cross-references Zechariah 1:12Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:12Classic cross-references

Original words

And thisהַזֹּ֔אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singularwholeכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructlandהָאָ֣רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularwill becomeוְהָֽיְתָה֙H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singulara desolateלְחָרְבָּ֖הH2723Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularwastelandלְשַׁמָּ֑הH8047Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularand theseהָאֵ֛לֶּהH428Article | Pronoun - common plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markernationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םH1471Article | Noun - masculine pluralwill serveוְעָ֨בְד֜וּH5647Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralthe kingמֶ֥לֶךְH4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Babylonבָּבֶ֖לH894Noun - proper - feminine singularfor seventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםH7657Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָֽה׃H8141Noun - feminine singular

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