Jeremiah 51:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲמָסִ֤י וּשְׁאֵרִי֙ עַל־בָּבֶ֔ל תֹּאמַ֖ר יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת צִיּ֑וֹן וְדָמִי֙ אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּ֔ים תֹּאמַ֖ר יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם

Transliteration

ḥămāsî and-šəʾērî against-Bābel tōʾmar yōšebet Ṣiyyôn and-dāmî to-yōšəbê Kaśdîm tōʾmar Yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

*ḥămāsî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my violence/my wrong
*šəʾērî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my flesh/my remnant
*Bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
*tōʾmar*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd singular feminine - she will say
*yōšebet*: participle, Qal feminine singular construct - inhabitant of/dweller of
*Ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
*dāmî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my blood
*yōšəbê*: participle, Qal masculine plural construct - inhabitants of/dwellers of
*Kaśdîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Chaldeans
*Yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*ḥămāsî*: my violence/my wrong/my injury
*šəʾērî*: my flesh/my remnant/my body
*yōšebet*: female inhabitant/dweller/resident
*Kaśdîm*: Chaldeans/Babylonians

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Referenced Verses

Judg 9:20 : 20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Judg 9:24 : 24 that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
Judg 9:56-57 : 56 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren; 57 and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Ps 9:12 : 12 For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
Ps 137:8-9 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
Isa 26:20-21 : 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Jer 50:29 : 29 Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.
Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
Matt 7:2 : 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: {G2532} mercy glorieth against judgment.
Rev 6:10 : 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 16:6 : 6 for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: {G1063} they are worthy.
Rev 18:6 : 6 Render unto her even as she rendered, {G5213} and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.
Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Jer 51:36-37
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36Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Jer 51:32-34
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32and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
Jer 50:28-30
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28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.
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30Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.
Jer 51:24
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24And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.
Jer 51:49
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Jer 51:52-54
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52Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
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54The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
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5while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
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47Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
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29And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
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6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
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Jer 51:41
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Jer 46:26
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Zech 2:7
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Jer 50:46
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Jer 32:36
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36And now therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Isa 34:5
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Jer 4:31
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