Focused Passage

Jeremiah 50:31-32

Babylon Judged: The Fall of the Hammer and the Return of the LORD’s Flock

The chapter moves from Babylon’s announced capture and the shame of its gods, to the return of Israel and Judah, to the exposure of Israel as scattered sheep, to Babylon’s punishment as the last devourer, to the LORD’s attack on Babylon’s pride, idols, and warriors, and finally to the collapse of Babylon as a world-shaking judgment.

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31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”

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Verse 31

Original words

Beholdהִנְנִ֤יH2005Interjection | first person common singularI am against youאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙H413Preposition | second person masculine singularO arrogant oneזָד֔וֹןH2087Noun - masculine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe Lordאֲדֹנָ֥יH136Noun - proper - masculine singularGODיְהוִ֖הH3069Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָא֑וֹתH6635Noun - common pluralforכִּ֛יH3588Conjunctionyour dayיוֹמְךָ֖H3117Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularhas comeבָּ֥אH935Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe timeעֵ֥תH6256Noun - common singularwhen I will punish youפְּקַדְתִּֽיךָ׃H6485Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Verse 32

Original words

The arrogant oneזָדוֹן֙H2087Noun - masculine singularwill stumbleוְכָשַׁ֤לH3782Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularand fallוְנָפַ֔לH5307Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularwith noוְאֵ֥יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbone to pick him upמֵקִ֑יםH6965Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularAnd I will kindleוְהִצַּ֤תִּיH3341Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singulara fireאֵשׁ֙H784Noun - common singularin his citiesבְּעָרָ֔יוH5892Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularto consumeוְאָכְלָ֖הH398Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularall thoseכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructaround himסְבִיבֹתָֽיו׃סH5439Adverb | third person masculine singular

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