We have healedרִפִּינוּBabylon,אֶת בָּבֶלbut she is notוְלֹאhealed.נִרְפָּתָהLeave her,עִזְבוּהָand let us go,וְנֵלֵךְeach oneאִישׁto his land;לְאַרְצוֹforכִּיher judgmentמִשְׁפָּטָהּhas reachedנָגַעto the heavensאֶל הַשָּׁמַיִםand has been lifted upוְנִשָּׂאto the clouds.עַד שְׁחָקִים
Jeremiah 51:9
Study it in the app“We have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Leave her, and let us go, each one to his land; for her judgment has reached to the heavens and has been lifted up to the clouds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:9, word by word
- We have healedרִפִּינוּripinu
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “ripinu” appears- Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- Leave herעִזְבוּizvu
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “izvu” appears- and let us goנֵלֵךְnelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelech” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to his landאַרְצarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- her judgmentמִשְׁפָּטָmishpata
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpata” appears- has reachedנָגַעnaga
reach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “naga” appears- to the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and has been lifted upנִשָּׂאnisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nisa” appears- to the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” 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
8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
9 · This verse (above)
10YHWH has brought out our righteousness; come, and let us recount in Zion the work of YHWH our Elohim.