Verse 34
Jeremiah 51:34
Literal Standard Version
34
Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, || He has set us as an empty vessel, || He has swallowed us as a dragon, || He has filled his belly with my delicacies, || He has driven us away.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אכל/נו אֲכָלַ֣/נִי הממ/נו הֲמָמַ֗/נִי נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶל֒ הציג/נו הִצִּיגַ֨/נִי֙ כְּלִ֣י רִ֔יק בלע/נו בְּלָעַ֨/נִי֙ כַּ/תַּנִּ֔ין מִלָּ֥א כְרֵשׂ֖/וֹ מֵֽ/עֲדָנָ֑/י הדיח/נו הֱדִיחָֽ/נִי
English Translation
We ate, we ate him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon presented us with an empty vessel, we swallowed it, like a dragon filled with delicacies. We were driven away.
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Chapter 51 Context
1
Thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, || And the inhabitants of Leb, My withsta...
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2
And I have sent fanners to Babylon, || And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, || For the...
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3
Do not let the treader tread his bow, || Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, || Nor have pity o...
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4
And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, || And the pierced-through in her streets.
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5
For Israel and Judah are not forsaken || By his God (Elohim)—by YHWH of Hosts, || For their land has...
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6
Flee from the midst of Babylon, || And let each deliver his soul, || Do not be cut off in her iniqui...
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7
Babylon is a golden cup in the hand of YHWH, || Making all the earth drunk, || Nations have drunk of...
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8
Babylon has suddenly fallen, || Indeed, she is broken, howl for her, || Take balm for her pain, perh...
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9
We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, || Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, || For her j...
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10
YHWH has brought forth our righteousnesses, || Come, and we recount in Zion the work of our God (Elo...
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11
Cleanse the arrows, fill the shields, || YHWH has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, || Fo...
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12
Lift up an ensign to the walls of Babylon, || Strengthen the watch, || Establish the watchers, prepa...
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13
O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, || Your end has come—the measure of your dishonest...
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14
YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself, || That, Surely I have filled you with men as the cankerworm, ||...
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15
Making the earth by His power, || Establishing the world by His wisdom, || Who by His understanding...
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16
At the voice He gives forth, || A multitude of waters are in the heavens, || And He causes vapors to...
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17
Every man has been brutish by knowledge, || Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved im...
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18
They are vanity—a work of errors, || They perish in the time of their inspection.
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19
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, || For He is forming the whole, || And Israel is the tribe o...
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20
You are My shatterer—weapons of war, || And I have broken in pieces nations by you, || And I have de...
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21
And I have broken in pieces horse and its rider by you, || And I have broken in pieces chariot and i...
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22
And I have broken in pieces man and woman by you, || And I have broken in pieces old and young by yo...
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23
And I have broken in pieces shepherd and his drove by you, || And I have broken in pieces farmer and...
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24
And I have repaid to Babylon, || And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, || All the evil that they have d...
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25
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “That is destroying...
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26
And they do not take out of you a stone for a corner, || And a stone for foundations, || For you are...
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27
“Lift up an ensign in the land, || Blow a horn among nations, || Sanctify nations against it, || Sum...
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28
Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, || Its governors and all its prefects, || A...
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29
And the land shakes, and it is pained, || For the purposes of YHWH have stood against Babylon, || To...
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30
The mighty of Babylon have ceased to fight, || They have remained in strongholds, || Their might has...
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31
Runner runs to meet runner, || And announcer to meet announcer, || To announce to the king of Babylo...
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32
And the passages have been captured, || And they have burned the reeds with fire, || And the men of...
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33
For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is as a threshing-floor...
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34
Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, || He has set us as an empty vessel, ||...
35
My wrong, and that of my flesh, is on Babylon—The inhabitant of Zion says; And my blood is on the in...
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36
Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, || And I have avenged your vengeance, |...
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37
And Babylon has been for heaps, || A habitation of dragons, || An astonishment, and a hissing, witho...
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38
They roar together as young lions, || They have shaken themselves as lions’ whelps.
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39
In their heat I make their banquets, || And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, || And...
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40
“I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, || As rams with male goats.
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41
How Sheshach has been captured, || Indeed, the praise of the whole earth is caught, || How Babylon h...
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42
The sea has come up over Babylon, || She has been covered with a multitude of its billows.
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43
Her cities have been for a desolation, || A dry land, and a wilderness, || A land—none dwell in them...
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44
And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, || And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his m...
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45
Go forth from her midst, O My people, || And let each deliver his soul, || Because of the fierceness...
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46
And lest your heart be tender, || And you are afraid of the report that is heard in the land, || And...
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47
Therefore, behold, days are coming, || And I have seen after the carved images of Babylon. And all i...
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48
And heavens and earth and all that is in them || Have cried aloud against Babylon, || For the spoile...
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49
“As Babylon has caused the pierced of Israel to fall, || So they of Babylon have fallen, || You pier...
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50
You escaped of the sword, go on, do not stand, || Remember YHWH from afar, || And let Jerusalem come...
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51
We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, || Shame has covered our faces, || For strangers have c...
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52
Therefore, behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I have seen after her carved...
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53
Because Babylon goes up to the heavens, || And because she fortifies the high place of her strength,...
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54
“A voice of a cry is from Babylon, || And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
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55
For YHWH is spoiling Babylon, || And has destroyed her great voice, || And her billows have sounded...
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56
For a spoiler has come in against her—against Babylon, || And her mighty ones have been captured, ||...
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57
And I have caused her princes to drink, || And her wise men, her governors, || And her prefects, and...
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58
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: The wall of Babylon—The broad one—is made utterly bare, || And her high gat...
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59
The word that Jeremiah the prophet has commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his goin...
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60
and Jeremiah writes all the calamity that comes to Babylon on one scroll—all these words that are wr...
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61
And Jeremiah says to Seraiah, “When you enter Babylon, then you have seen, and have read all these w...
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62
and have said: YHWH, You have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelli...
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63
And it has come to pass, when you finish reading this scroll, you bind a stone to it, and have cast...
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64
and said, Thus Babylon sinks, and she does not arise, because of the calamity that I am bringing in...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Jeremiah
- Chapter
- Chapter 51 (64 verses)
- Version
- Literal Standard Version