49“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
50You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
Focused Passage
Jeremiah 51:49-50
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.
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Verse 49
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-גַּם־H1571ConjunctionBabylonבָּבֶ֕לH894Noun - proper - feminine singularmust fallלִנְפֹּ֖לH5307Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructon account of the slainחַֽלְלֵ֣יH2491Noun - masculine plural constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularjust asגַּם־H1571Conjunctionthe slainחַֽלְלֵ֥יH2491Noun - masculine plural constructof allכָל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776Article | Noun - feminine singularhave fallenנָפְל֖וּH5307Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralbecause of Babylonלְבָבֶ֥לH894Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 50
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You who have escapedפְּלֵטִ֣יםH6412Noun - masculine pluralthe swordמֵחֶ֔רֶבH2719Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singulardepartהִלְכ֖וּH1980Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland do notאַֽל־H408Adverblingerתַּעֲמֹ֑דוּH5975Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralRememberזִכְר֤וּH2142Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularfrom far awayמֵֽרָחוֹק֙H7350Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerand let Jerusalemוִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularcomeתַּעֲלֶ֥הH5927Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singulartoעַל־H5921Prepositionmindלְבַבְכֶֽם׃H3824Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural