Jeremiah 51:24

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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 the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֨י לְבָבֶ֜ל וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּ֗ים אֵ֧ת כָּל־רָעָתָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֥וּ בְצִיּ֖וֹן לְעֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And I shall shillem to Babel and to all yoshebey Kasdim 'et all their ra'ah which they 'asah in Tsiyon before your eyes, ne'um YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *we-shillamti*: conjunction + verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - and I will repay/recompense
• *le-Babel*: preposition + proper noun - to Babylon
• *u-le-kol*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and to all
• *yoshebey*: participle, Qal active, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of/dwellers in
• *Kasdim*: proper noun - Chaldeans
• *'et*: direct object marker
• *kol-ra'atam*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all their evil
• *'asher-'asu*: relative pronoun + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - which they did
• *be-Tsiyon*: preposition + proper noun - in Zion
• *le-'eyneykhem*: preposition + noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - before your eyes
• *ne'um YHWH*: construct phrase + proper noun - declaration of YHWH

Word Meanings

• *shillem*: repay/recompense/requite/restore
• *yoshebey*: inhabitants of/dwellers in/residents of
• *Kasdim*: Chaldeans/inhabitants of Chaldea
• *ra'ah*: evil/wickedness/calamity/misery
• *'asah*: do/make/perform/accomplish
• *ne'um*: utterance/declaration/oracle

Referenced Verses

• Jer 50:15 : 15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
• Jer 50:17-18 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
• 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 the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it 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 the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 50:33-34 : 33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Jer 51:11 : 11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
• Jer 51:35 : 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
• Jer 51:49 : 49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• Rev 6:10 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
• Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
• Rev 18:24 : 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
• Ps 137:8-9 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, who 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 stones.
• Isa 47:6-9 : 6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
• Isa 51:22-23 : 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
• Isa 61:2 : 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
• Isa 63:1-4 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
• Isa 66:6 : 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
• Rev 19:2-4 : 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.