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Set yourselves in arrayעִרְכוּagainst Babylonעַל בָּבֶלall around,סָבִיבallכָּלwho bendדֹּרְכֵיthe bow;קֶשֶׁתshootיְדוּat her,אֵלֶיהָdo notאַלspareתַּחְמְלוּ אֶלarrows,חֵץforכִּיagainst YHWHלַיהוָהshe has sinned.חָטָאָה
Jeremiah 50:14
Study it in the app“Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all who bend the bow; shoot at her, do not spare arrows, for against YHWH she has sinned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 50:14, word by word
- Set yourselves in arrayעִרְכוּirchu
draw up
To set soldiers in lines, ready for battle.
Where else “irchu” appears- against Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- who bendדֹּרְכֵיdorche
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “dorche” appears- the bowקֶשֶׁתkeshet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appears- shootיְדוּyedu
cast
To throw an arrow or a stone with force.
Where else “yedu” appears- spareתַּחְמְלוּtachmlu
have pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “tachmlu” appears- arrowsחֵץchets
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chets” appears- against YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- she has sinnedחָטָאָהchataa
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chataa” appears
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
13Because of the wrath of YHWH she will not be inhabited, but she will become a desolation, all of her; everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified and will hiss over all her wounds.
14 · This verse (above)
15Raise a shout against her all around; she has given her hand; her bulwarks have fallen, her walls are torn down; for it is the vengeance of YHWH: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.