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You who have escapedפְּלֵטִיםthe sword,מֵחֶרֶבgo,הִלְכוּdo notאַלstand still!תַּעֲמֹדוּRememberזִכְרוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהfrom afar,מֵרָחוֹקand let Jerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַםcome upתַּעֲלֶהinto your heart.עַל לְבַבְכֶם
Jeremiah 51:50
Study it in the app“You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand still! Remember YHWH from afar, and let Jerusalem come up into your heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:50, word by word
- You who have escapedפְּלֵטִיםpeletim
fugitive, survivor
Fugitive, survivor: someone who escaped from a battle or a disaster.
Where else “peletim” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- goהִלְכוּhilchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “hilchu” appears- stand stillתַּעֲמֹדוּtaamodu
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “taamodu” appears- Rememberזִכְרוּzichru
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zichru” 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- from afarרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- and let Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- come upתַּעֲלֶהtaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taale” appears- into your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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
49Babylon too must fall, for the slain of Israel, even as for Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.
50 · This verse (above)
51We are ashamed, for we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the house of YHWH.