Study it in the app“and say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink and not rise because of the evil that I am bringing upon her; and they will grow weary.’” Thus far the words of Jeremiah.”
and say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘Thusכָּכָהwill Babylonבָּבֶלsinkתִּשְׁקַעand notוְלֹאriseתָקוּםbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam bringingמֵבִיאupon her;עָלֶיהָand they will grow weary.’”וְיָעֵפוּThus farעַד הֵנָּהthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof Jeremiah.יִרְמְיָהוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearssink, die down
Sink, go down; of a fire, die down.
Where else “tishka” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takum” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appearsgrow tired
To run out of strength.
Where else “yaefu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsJeremiah
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“And they will grow weary” repeats the last word of 51:58.
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).
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,
64 · This verse (above)
