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

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

9 behold, 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.

10 Moreover, 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.

11 And 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

Therefore לָכֵ֕ן H3651 Adverb this is what כֹּ֥ה H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָא֑וֹת H6635 Noun - common plural says אָמַ֖ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Because יַ֕עַן H3282 Adverb - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative you have not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle obeyed שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker My words דְּבָרָֽי׃ H1697 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Verse 9

Cross-references

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

Original words

behold הִנְנִ֣י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular I will summon שֹׁלֵ֡חַ H7971 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular . . . וְלָקַחְתִּי֩ H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the families מִשְׁפְּח֨וֹת H4940 Noun - feminine plural construct of the north צָפ֜וֹן H6828 Noun - feminine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and [I will send for] וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition My servant עַבְדִּי֒ H5650 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Nebuchadnezzar נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר H5019 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶל֮ H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular whom I will bring וַהֲבִ֨אֹתִ֜ים H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural against עַל־ H5921 Preposition this הַזֹּאת֙ H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular land הָאָ֤רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular against וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition its residents יֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָ H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular and against וְעַ֛ל H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the הָאֵ֖לֶּה H428 Article | Pronoun - common plural surrounding סָבִ֑יב H5439 Adverb nations הַגּוֹיִ֥ם H1471 Article | Noun - masculine plural So I will devote them to destruction וְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔ים H2763 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural and make them וְשַׂמְתִּים֙ H7760 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural an object of horror לְשַׁמָּ֣ה H8047 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular and contempt וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה H8322 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular an everlasting עוֹלָֽם׃ H5769 Noun - masculine singular desolation וּלְחָרְב֖וֹת H2723 Conjunctive 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 18:22 Classic cross-references Ecclesiastes 12:4 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 16:9 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 7:34 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 26:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

Moreover, I will banish וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֣י H6 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular from them מֵהֶ֗ם Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural the sounds ק֤וֹל H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct of joy שָׂשׂוֹן֙ H8342 Noun - masculine singular and gladness שִׂמְחָ֔ה H8057 Noun - feminine singular the voices וְק֣וֹל H6963 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of the bride כַּלָּ֑ה H3618 Noun - feminine singular and וְק֣וֹל H6963 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct bridegroom חָתָ֖ן H2860 Noun - masculine singular . . . ק֥וֹל H6963 Noun - masculine singular the sound ק֥וֹל H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct of the millstones רֵחַ֖יִם H7347 Noun - md and the light וְא֥וֹר H216 Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct of the lamp נֵֽר׃ H5216 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

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

Original words

And this הַזֹּ֔את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular whole כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct land הָאָ֣רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular will become וְהָֽיְתָה֙ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular a desolate לְחָרְבָּ֖ה H2723 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular wasteland לְשַׁמָּ֑ה H8047 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular and these הָאֵ֛לֶּה H428 Article | Pronoun - common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker nations הַגּוֹיִ֥ם H1471 Article | Noun - masculine plural will serve וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ H5647 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural the king מֶ֥לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶ֖ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular for seventy שִׁבְעִ֥ים H7657 Number - common plural years שָׁנָֽה׃ H8141 Noun - feminine singular

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