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Therefore,לָכֵןlook,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare coming,בָּאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhen I will punishוּפָקַדְתִּי עַלher carved images,פְּסִילֶיהָand throughout allוּבְכָלher landאַרְצָהּthe woundedחָלָלwill groan.יֶאֱנֹק
Jeremiah 51:52
Study it in the app“Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will punish her carved images, and throughout all her land the wounded will groan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:52, word by word
- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- are comingבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” 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- when I will punishפָקַדְתִּיfakadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “fakadti” appears- her carved imagesפְּסִילֶיpesile
carved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “pesile” appears- her landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- the woundedחָלָלchalal
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appears- will groanיֶאֱנֹקyeenok
groan
To groan, to moan with pain (of the wounded).
Where else “yeenok” appears
The context
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.
52 · This verse (above)
53Though Babylon should go up to the heavens, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, from me devastators will come to her, declares YHWH.