Study it in the app“Declare among the nations and proclaim, and lift up a banner; proclaim, do not conceal it; say, “Babylon is captured, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her idols are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.””
Declareהַגִּידוּamong the nationsבַגּוֹיִםand proclaim,וְהַשְׁמִיעוּand lift upוּשְׂאוּa banner;נֵסproclaim,הַשְׁמִיעוּdo notאַלconceal it;תְּכַחֵדוּsay,אִמְרוּ“Babylonבָבֶלis captured,נִלְכְּדָהBelבֵּלis put to shame,הֹבִישׁMerodachמְרֹדָךְis dismayed;חַתher idolsעֲצַבֶּיהָare put to shame,הֹבִישׁוּher idolsגִּלּוּלֶיהָare dismayed.”חַתּוּ
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagidu” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsproclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hashmiu” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “seu” appearsbanner
A signal raised on a staff, for all to gather.
Where else “nes” appearshide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “techachedu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “imru” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkda” appearsBel
Bel: the chief god of Babylon.
Where else “bel” appearsbe ashamed
To feel shame and be left with a lowered face.
Where else “hovish” appearsMerodach
Merodach: a name of Marduk, the chief god of Babylon.
Where else “merodach” appearsbe dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “chat” appearsidol
Idol: an image made by human hands that is worshiped. The word comes from "shape", and it sounds like the word for "pain".
Where else “atsabe” appearsidols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appearsBel and Merodach (Marduk) were names of the chief god of Babylon. The two words translated “idols” are different in Hebrew; the second (gillulim) is contemptuous.
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).
1The word that YHWH spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:
2 · This verse (above)
3For a nation from the north has come up against her; it will make her land a horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it; from human being to livestock they have fled, they have gone.
