Jeremiah 51:53
Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.This verse 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