Jeremiah 25:9
Lo, I am sending, and have taken all the families of the north — an affirmation of Jehovah — even unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and have brought them in against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and have devoted them, and appointed them for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for wastes age-during.This verse in the real world
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- שְׁרֵקָהshᵉrêqâha derision
- שַׁמָּהshammâhruin; by implication, consternation
- חָרַםchâramto seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction);
- נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרNᵉbûwkadneʼtstsarNebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
- צָפוֹןtsâphôwnproperly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
- מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâha family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of anim
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- סָבִיבçâbîyb(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without prepos
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Cross-references
Jer 18:16, Isa 13:3, Jer 1:15, Ezk 29:18–20, Hab 1:6–10, Jer 43:10, Jer 6:22–26, Isa 44:28–45:1