and say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘YHWH,יְהוָהyouאַתָּהhave spokenדִבַּרְתָּconcerning this placeאֶל הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהto cut it off,לְהַכְרִיתוֹso that there will be noלְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֹתinhabitantיוֹשֵׁבin it,בּוֹfrom human beingלְמֵאָדָםto livestock,וְעַד בְּהֵמָהforכִּיit will beתִּהְיֶהeternalעוֹלָםdesolations.’שִׁמְמוֹת
Jeremiah 51:62
Study it in the app“and 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:62, word by word
- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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- have spokenדִבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- concerning this placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- to cut it offהַכְרִיתhachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hachrit” appears- so that there will be noהֱיוֹתheot
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heot” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- from human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- to livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- desolations.’שִׁמְמוֹתshimmot
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shimmot” appears
The context
61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see, and read all these words,
62 · This verse (above)
63And it will be, when you finish reading this book, that you will tie a stone to it, and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,