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And I will repayוְשִׁלַּמְתִּיBabylonלְבָבֶלand allוּלְכֹלthe inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיof Chaldeaכַשְׂדִּיםfor allאֵת כָּלtheir evilרָעָתָםthatאֲשֶׁרthey have doneעָשׂוּin Zionבְצִיּוֹןbefore your eyes,לְעֵינֵיכֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 51:24
Study it in the app“And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:24, word by word
- And I will repayשִׁלַּמְתִּיshilamti
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shilamti” appears- Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Chaldeaכַשְׂדִּיםchasdim
Chaldea
The land of Chaldea, in southern Mesopotamia, where Babylon stood.
Where else “chasdim” appears- their evilרָעָתָraata
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raata” appears- they have doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- in Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- before your eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears
Places in this verse
1Babylon
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).
2Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
23and I will shatter with you shepherd and his flock; and I will shatter with you farmer and his team; and I will shatter with you governors and prefects.
24 · This verse (above)
25Look, I am against you, destroying mountain, declares YHWH, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a mountain of burning.