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And Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsaidיֹּאמֶרto Seraiah,אֶל שְׂרָיָה“When you comeכְּבֹאֲךָto Babylon,בָבֶלthen see,וְרָאִיתָand readוְקָרָאתָallאֵת כָּלthese words,הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
Jeremiah 51:61
Study it in the app“And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see, and read all these words,”
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Jeremiah 51:61, word by word
- And Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Seraiahשְׂרָיָהseraya
Seraiah
Seraiah, the name of several men; among them David's scribe (2 Samuel 8:17). It means "YHWH has prevailed".
Where else “seraya” appears- “When you comeבֹאֲvoa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “voa” appears- to Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- then seeרָאִיתָraita
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appears- and readקָרָאתָkarata
read aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “karata” appears- these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
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).
The context
60And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that would come upon Babylon in one book, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
61 · This verse (above)
62and say, ‘YHWH, you have spoken concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be no inhabitant in it, from human being to livestock, for it will be eternal desolations.’