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‘My violenceחֲמָסִיand my fleshוּשְׁאֵרִיbe upon Babylon,’עַל בָּבֶלthe inhabitantיֹשֶׁבֶתof Zionצִיּוֹןwill say;תֹּאמַר‘and my bloodוְדָמִיupon the inhabitantsאֶל יֹשְׁבֵיof Chaldea,’כַשְׂדִּיםJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםwill say.”תֹּאמַר
Jeremiah 51:35
Study it in the app“‘My violence and my flesh be upon Babylon,’ the inhabitant of Zion will say; ‘and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,’ Jerusalem will say.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:35, word by word
- ‘My violenceחֲמָסִchamasi
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamasi” appears- and my fleshשְׁאֵרִsheeri
flesh
The soft tissue of the body, or animal food.
Where else “sheeri” appears- be upon Babylon,’בָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- the inhabitantיֹשֶׁבֶתyoshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshevet” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- will sayתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- ‘and my bloodדָמִdami
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dami” appears- of Chaldea,’כַשְׂדִּיםchasdim
Chaldea
The land of Chaldea, in southern Mesopotamia, where Babylon stood.
Where else “chasdim” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
Translation note
“My violence”: it can be understood as the violence done to me.
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).
3Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
34“He has devoured me, he has crushed me, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he has set me down as an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like the sea monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies; he has driven me out.
35 · This verse (above)
36Therefore thus says YHWH: Look, I am pleading your cause, and I will avenge your vengeance; and I will dry up her sea, and make dry her spring.