Focused Passage

Jeremiah 51:27-29

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

27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

28Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

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Verse 27

Cross-references

Genesis 10:3Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:17Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 1:6Classic cross-references Genesis 8:4Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:2Classic cross-references

Original words

Raiseשְׂאוּ־H5375Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plurala bannerנֵ֣סH5251Noun - masculine singularin the landבָּאָ֗רֶץH776Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularBlowתִּקְע֨וּH8628Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralthe ram’s hornשׁוֹפָ֤רH7782Noun - masculine singularamong the nationsבַּגּוֹיִם֙H1471Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralPrepareקַדְּשׁ֤וּH6942Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine pluralthe nationsגּוֹיִ֔םH1471Noun - masculine pluralagainst herעָלֶ֙יהָ֙H5921Preposition | third person feminine singularSummonהַשְׁמִ֧יעוּH8085Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralthe kingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתH4467Noun - feminine plural constructagainst herעָלֶ֛יהָH5921Preposition | third person feminine singularAraratאֲרָרַ֖טH780Noun - proper - feminine singularMinniמִנִּ֣יH4508Noun - proper - feminine singularand Ashkenazוְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑זH813Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularAppointפִּקְד֤וּH6485Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plurala captainטִפְסָ֔רH2951Noun - masculine singularagainst herעָלֶ֙יהָ֙H5921Preposition | third person feminine singularbring upהַֽעֲלוּ־H5927Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralhorsesס֖וּסH5483Noun - masculine singularlike swarmingסָמָֽר׃H5569Adjective - masculine singularlocustsכְּיֶ֥לֶקH3218Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 28

Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:11Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:25Classic cross-references

Original words

Prepareקַדְּשׁ֨וּH6942Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine pluralthe nationsגוֹיִם֙H1471Noun - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Prepositionfor battle against herעָלֶ֤יהָH5921Preposition | third person feminine singularthe kingsמַלְכֵ֣יH4428Noun - masculine plural constructof the Medesמָדַ֔יH4074Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markertheir governorsפַּחוֹתֶ֖יהָH6346Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand allכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructtheir officialsסְגָנֶ֑יהָH5461Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular-וְאֵ֖תH853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand allכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe landsאֶ֥רֶץH776Noun - feminine singular constructthey ruleמֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃H4475Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 29

Cross-references

Romans 8:28Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:11Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:43Classic cross-references Jeremiah 8:16Classic cross-references Amos 8:8Classic cross-references

Original words

The earthהָאָ֖רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularquakesוַתִּרְעַ֥שׁH7493Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularand writhesוַתָּחֹ֑לH2342Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularbecauseכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionthe LORD’sיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularintentionsמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתH4284Noun - feminine plural constructagainstעַל־H5921PrepositionBabylonבָּבֶל֙H894Noun - proper - feminine singularstandקָ֤מָהH6965Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularto makeלָשׂ֞וּםH7760Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe landאֶ֧רֶץH776Noun - feminine singular constructof Babylonבָּבֶ֛לH894Noun - proper - feminine singulara desolationלְשַׁמָּ֖הH8047Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularwithoutמֵאֵ֥יןH369Preposition-m | Adverbinhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃H3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

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