Study it in the app“The 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.”
The mighty menגִבּוֹרֵיof Babylonבָבֶלhave ceasedחָדְלוּto fight;לְהִלָּחֵםthey remainיָשְׁבוּin the strongholds;בַּמְּצָדוֹתtheir mightגְבוּרָתָםhas failed;נָשְׁתָהthey have becomeהָיוּwomen;לְנָשִׁיםthey have set on fireהִצִּיתוּher dwellings;מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיהָher barsבְרִיחֶיהָare broken.נִשְׁבְּרוּ
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibore” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appearscease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chadlu” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appearsstronghold
Stronghold: a high place, hard to reach, that serves as a refuge.
Where else “metsadot” appearsstrength
Strength of body or spirit to face something.
Where else “gevurata” appearsdry up, fail
To dry up; to fail, to be lacking.
Where else “nashta” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsset on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “hitsitu” appearshome
The house or place where someone lives.
Where else “mishknote” appearsbolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “veriche” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbru” appearsBabylon
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).
29And the earth quakes and writhes, for the plans of YHWH against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a horror, without inhabitant.
30 · This verse (above)
31Runner runs to meet runner, and messenger to meet messenger, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is captured from end to end;
