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And the earthוַ הָאָרֶץquakesתִּרְעַשׁand writhes,וַתָּחֹלforכִּיthe plansמַחְשְׁבוֹתof YHWHיְהוָהagainst Babylonעַל בָּבֶלstand,קָמָהto makeלָשׂוּםthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Babylonבָּבֶלa horror,לְשַׁמָּהwithoutמֵאֵיןinhabitant.יוֹשֵׁב
Jeremiah 51:29
Study it in the app“And the earth quakes and writhes, for the plans of YHWH against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a horror, without inhabitant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:29, word by word
- And the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- quakesתִּרְעַשׁtirash
quake
To rumble, like the earth or mountains.
Where else “tirash” appears- and writhesתָּחֹלtachol
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “tachol” appears- the plansמַחְשְׁבוֹתmachshvot
thought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machshvot” appears- of 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- against Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- standקָמָהkama
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kama” appears- to makeשׂוּםsum
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sum” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” 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
28Consecrate nations against her, the kings of Media, her governors and all her prefects, and all the land of his dominion.
29 · This verse (above)
30The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight; they remain in the strongholds; their might has failed; they have become women; they have set on fire her dwellings; her bars are broken.