Jeremiah 51:58

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת חֹ֠מוֹת בָּבֶ֤ל הָֽרְחָבָה֙ עַרְעֵ֣ר תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים בָּאֵ֣שׁ יִצַּ֑תּוּ וְיִֽגְע֨וּ עַמִּ֧ים בְּדֵי־רִ֛יק וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים בְּדֵי־אֵ֖שׁ וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ ס

Transliteration

kōh-ʾāmar YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt ḥōmôt bāḇel hārəḥāḇāh ʿarʿēr titʿarʿār ûšəʿārêhā haggəḇōhîm bāʾēš yiṣṣattû wəyîḡəʿû ʿammîm bədê-rîq ûləʾummîm bədê-ʾēš wəyāʿēpû

Grammar Details

*kōh*: adverb - thus
*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - says/has said
*YHWH*: divine name
*ṣəḇāʾôt*: feminine plural noun - hosts/armies
*ḥōmôt*: feminine plural construct - walls of
*bāḇel*: proper noun - Babylon
*hārəḥāḇāh*: definite article + adjective feminine singular - the broad/wide
*ʿarʿēr*: infinitive absolute - utterly
*titʿarʿār*: Pilpel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - will be laid bare/stripped
*ûšəʿārêhā*: conjunction + masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her gates
*haggəḇōhîm*: definite article + masculine plural adjective - the high/lofty
*bāʾēš*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - with fire
*yiṣṣattû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - will be set on fire/burned
*wəyîḡəʿû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will toil/labor
*ʿammîm*: masculine plural noun - peoples
*bədê*: preposition + construct - for/in
*rîq*: masculine singular noun - emptiness/vanity
*ûləʾummîm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - and nations
*ʾēš*: feminine singular noun - fire
*wəyāʿēpû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will be weary/exhausted

Word Meanings

*hārəḥāḇāh*: the broad/the wide/the thick
*ʿarʿēr titʿarʿār*: will be completely laid bare/will be utterly demolished
*yiṣṣattû*: will be set on fire/will be burned/will be kindled
*yîḡəʿû*: will toil/will labor/will strive
*bədê*-*rîq*: for emptiness/for nothing/in vain
*bədê*-*ʾēš*: for fire/just to be burned up
*yāʿēpû*: will be weary/will be exhausted/will faint

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Referenced Verses

Jer 51:64 : 64 and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Jer 50:15 : 15 Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
Isa 45:1-2 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: 2 I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
Isa 65:23 : 23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Jer 51:9 : 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
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.
Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

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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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