Jeremiah 51:56

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי֩ בָ֨א עָלֶ֤יהָ עַל־בָּבֶל֙ שׁוֹדֵ֔ד וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ גִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ חִתְּתָ֖ה קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֣י אֵ֧ל גְּמֻל֛וֹת יְהוָ֖ה שַׁלֵּ֥ם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

Transliteration

kî ḇāʾ ʿālêhā ʿal-bāḇel šôdēd wənilkədû gibbôrêhā ḥittətāh qaššətôtām kî ʾēl gəmulôt YHWH šallēm yəšallēm

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - because/for
• *ḇāʾ*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has come
• *ʿālêhā*: preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - upon her
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon/against
• *bāḇel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *šôdēd*: Qal participle masculine singular - destroyer/ravager
• *wənilkədû*: conjunction + Niphal perfect 3rd person common plural - and are captured
• *gibbôrêhā*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her mighty men
• *ḥittətāh*: Piel perfect 3rd person feminine singular - are broken/shattered
• *qaššətôtām*: feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their bows
• *ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God of
• *gəmulôt*: feminine plural noun - recompenses/retributions
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *šallēm*: Piel infinitive absolute - repaying
• *yəšallēm*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will surely repay

Word Meanings

• *šôdēd*: destroyer/ravager/plunderer
• *gibbôrêhā*: mighty men/warriors/heroes
• *ḥittətāh*: broken/shattered/dismayed
• *ʾēl*: God/mighty one
• *gəmulôt*: recompenses/retributions/rewards
• *šallēm yəšallēm*: will surely repay/will definitely recompense

Referenced Verses

• Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.
• Ps 94:1-2 : 1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.
• Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee 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.
• Jer 51:48 : 48 Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, saith Jehovah.
• Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
• Jer 51:24 : 24 And 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.
• Isa 59:18 : 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
• Ps 76:3 : 3 There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. {H5542}
• Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
• 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• Ps 37:15 : 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
• Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
• Isa 21:2 : 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
• Isa 34:8 : 8 For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
• Jer 49:35 : 35 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
• Jer 50:10 : 10 And Chaldea shall be a prey: all that prey upon her shall be satisfied, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 50:28-29 : 28 The 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. 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.
• Jer 50:36 : 36 A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
• Jer 51:30 : 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
• Ezek 39:3 : 3 and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
• Ezek 39:9 : 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;
• 2 Thess 1:6 : 6 if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
• Rev 17:16 : 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.
• Rev 18:5-6 : 5 for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 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.
• Rev 19:2 : 2 for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
• Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),