Focused Passage

Jeremiah 51:25-26

Babylon Sunk: The LORD’s Vengeance, Israel’s Deliverance, and the Stone Cast into the Euphrates

The chapter moves from the LORD stirring up destroyers against Babylon, to the command for Israel to flee, to Babylon’s image as a shattered golden cup, to the LORD’s vengeance for Zion, to a creation-theology contrast between the LORD and idols, to Babylon as the LORD’s war club now judged, to repeated announcements of Babylon’s desolation, to pastoral exhortations for exiles not to lose heart, and finally to Seraiah’s symbolic sinking of the scroll in the Euphrates.

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

25“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.

26No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

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Verse 25

Cross-references

Zechariah 4:7Classic cross-references Psalms 138:7Classic cross-references Revelation 8:8Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:2Classic cross-references Jeremiah 50:25Classic cross-references

Original words

Beholdהִנְנִ֨יH2005Interjection | first person common singularI am against youאֵלֶ֜יךָH413Preposition | second person masculine singularO destroyingהַמַּשְׁחִית֙H4889Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularmountainהַ֤רH2022Noun - masculine singular constructyou who devastateהַמַּשְׁחִ֖יתH7843Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe wholeכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructearthהָאָ֑רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularI will stretch outוְנָטִ֨יתִיH5186Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerMy handיָדִ֜יH3027Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularagainst youעָלֶ֗יךָH5921Preposition | second person masculine singularI will roll youוְגִלְגַּלְתִּ֙יךָ֙H1556Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singularoverמִן־H4480Prepositionthe cliffsהַסְּלָעִ֔יםH5553Article | Noun - masculine pluraland turn youוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singularinto a charredשְׂרֵפָֽה׃H8316Noun - feminine singularmountainלְהַ֥רH2022Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct

Verse 26

Cross-references

Isaiah 13:19Classic cross-references Jeremiah 50:12Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:43Classic cross-references Revelation 18:20Classic cross-references

Original words

No oneוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleshall retrieveיִקְח֤וּH3947Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralfrom youמִמְּךָ֙H4480Preposition | second person masculine singulara cornerstoneאֶ֣בֶןH68Noun - feminine singular. . .לְפִנָּ֔הH6438Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularor a foundationלְמֽוֹסָד֑וֹתH4146Preposition-l | Noun - masculine pluralstoneוְאֶ֖בֶןH68Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singularbecauseכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionyou will becomeתִּֽהְיֶ֖הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singulardesolateשִׁמְמ֥וֹתH8077Noun - feminine plural constructforeverעוֹלָ֛םH5769Noun - masculine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

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