Study it in the app“For the devastator has come upon her, upon Babylon, and her mighty men are captured, their bows are shattered; for El of recompenses is YHWH; he will surely repay.”
Forכִּיthe devastatorשׁוֹדֵדhas comeבָאupon her,עָלֶיהָupon Babylon,עַל בָּבֶלand her mighty menגִּבּוֹרֶיהָare captured,וְנִלְכְּדוּtheir bowsקַשְּׁתוֹתָםare shattered;חִתְּתָהforכִּיElאֵלof recompensesגְּמֻלוֹתis YHWH;יְהוָהhe will surelyשַׁלֵּםrepay.יְשַׁלֵּם
destroyer
The one who ruins and loots.
Where else “shoded” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibore” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkdu” appearsbow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kashtota” appearsbe shattered
To be broken in pieces, undone by a blow.
Where else “chitta” appearsEl, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appearsrecompense
Pay, recompense: what is given to someone for what he did, good or bad. It is the feminine form of another word with the same sense.
Where else “gemulot” appearsYHWH
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” appearsrepay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shalem” 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).
55For YHWH is devastating Babylon, and he will destroy from her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the tumult of their voice is raised.
56 · This verse (above)
57And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her prefects and her mighty men, and they will sleep an eternal sleep and not wake up, declares the King, YHWH Tsevaot is his name.
