Look, I amהִנְנִיagainst you,אֵלֶיךָdestroyingהַמַּשְׁחִיתmountain,הַרdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhich destroysהַמַּשְׁחִיתallכָּלthe earth;הָאָרֶץand I will stretch outוְנָטִיתִיmy handאֶת יָדִיagainst you,עָלֶיךָand roll you downוְגִלְגַּלְתִּיךָfrom the crags,מִן הַסְּלָעִיםand make youוּנְתַתִּיךָa mountainלְהַרof burning.שְׂרֵפָה
Jeremiah 51:25
Study it in the app“Look, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:25, word by word
- destroyingמַּשְׁחִיתmashchit
destroyer
What destroys: a plague, a mountain or a power that devastates.
Where else “mashchit” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” 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- which destroysמַּשְׁחִיתmashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchit” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and I will stretch outנָטִיתִיnatiti
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- and roll you downגִלְגַּלְתִּיgilgalti
roll
To turn something over and over, or wallow.
Where else “gilgalti” appears- from the cragsסְּלָעִיםselaim
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “selaim” appears- and make youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- of burningשְׂרֵפָהserefa
burning
Burning, fire.
Where else “serefa” appears
The context
24And 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.
25 · This verse (above)
26And they will not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for you will be eternal desolations, declares YHWH.