Jeremiah 6:5

““Arise, and let us go up by night and destroy her palaces.””

Jeremiah 6:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 6:5, word by word

“Ariseקוּמוּkumu

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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and let us go upנַעֲלֶהnaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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by nightלָּיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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and destroyנַשְׁחִיתָהnashchita

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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her palacesאַרְמְנוֹתֶיarmnote

citadel, fortress

Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.

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The context

4“Consecrate war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon.” “Woe to us, for the day is declining, for the shadows of evening are lengthening.”

5 · This verse (above)

6For thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Cut down trees, and pour out against Jerusalem a siege ramp. This is the city to be punished; all of it is oppression in her midst.

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