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And I will sendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּיto Babylonלְבָבֶלstrangers,זָרִיםand they will winnow her,וְזֵרוּהָand they will emptyוִיבֹקְקוּher land;אֶת אַרְצָהּforכִּיthey will beהָיוּagainst herעָלֶיהָall aroundמִסָּבִיבin the dayבְּיוֹםof evil.רָעָה
Jeremiah 51:2
Study it in the app“And I will send to Babylon strangers, and they will winnow her, and they will empty her land; for they will be against her all around in the day of evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:2, word by word
- And I will sendשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilachti” appears- to Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- and they will winnow herזֵרוּzeru
winnow
To toss grain in the air to remove the chaff.
Where else “zeru” appears- and they will emptyיבֹקְקוּyvokku
empty
To leave with nothing; lay a land waste.
Where else “yvokku” appears- her landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew “strangers” (zarim) sounds like “they will winnow her” (zeruha); the same consonants can be read “winnowers.”
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
1Thus says YHWH: Look, I am stirring up against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai a destroying wind.
2 · This verse (above)
3Against her let the archer bend his bow, and against her let him rise up in his armor; and do not spare her young men; devote to destruction all her army.