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And this wholeוְ כָּל הָ הַזֹּאתlandאָרֶץwill becomeהָיְתָהa ruinלְחָרְבָּהand a horror,לְשַׁמָּהand theseוְ הָאֵלֶּהnationsהַגּוֹיִםwill serveעָבְדוּthe kingאֶת מֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלseventyשִׁבְעִיםyears.שָׁנָה
Jeremiah 25:11
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Jeremiah 25:11, word by word
- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- will becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- a ruinחָרְבָּהcharba
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charba” appears- and a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- will serveעָבְדוּavdu
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avdu” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
Translation note
The seventy years: 29:10; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Daniel 9:2.
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
10And I will make perish from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
11 · This verse (above)
12And it will be, when seventy years are completed, I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, declares YHWH, their iniquity, and upon the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it eternal desolations.