Jeremiah 51:53
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 51:53 in the real world
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- אָזʼâzat that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
- בָּצַרbâtsarto gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
- שָׁדַדshâdadproperly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implicati
- מָרוֹםmârôwmaltitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elatio
- עֹזʻôzstrength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- נְאֻםnᵉʼuman oracle
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 49:16, Gen 11:4, Oba 1:3–4, Jer 51:25, Psa 139:8–10, Jer 50:9–10, Isa 10:6–7, Isa 47:5