Jeremiah 52:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from his own land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּכֶּ֣ה אוֹתָם֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֧ל וַיְמִתֵ֛ם בְּרִבְלָ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֲמָ֑ת וַיִּ֥גֶל יְהוּדָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-yakkeh ʾôtām melek bāḇel and-yəmîtēm in-riḇlâ in-ʾereṣ ḥămāt, and-yigel yəhûdâ from-over ʾadmātô.

Grammar Details

• *yakkeh*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he struck
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *melek*: masculine singular construct - king of
• *bāḇel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *yəmîtēm*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he put them to death
• *riḇlâ*: proper noun - Riblah
• *ʾereṣ*: construct feminine singular - land of
• *ḥămāt*: proper noun - Hamath
• *yigel*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he exiled
• *yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
• *ʿal*: preposition - over/from upon
• *ʾadmātô*: feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its land/soil

Word Meanings

• *yakkeh*: struck/hit/attacked
• *yəmîtēm*: put them to death/killed them/executed them
• *yigel*: exiled/carried away/removed
• *ʾadmātô*: its land/its soil/its territory

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was taken into exile from its land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and the kinge of Babilon caused them to be put to death at Reblatha in the londe of Hemath. And thus Iuda was ledde awaye captyue, out of his owne londe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the king of Babel smote them, and slewe them in Riblah, in the lande of Hamath: thus Iudah was caried away captiue out of his owne land.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the kyng of Babylon caused them to be put to death at Reblath in the lande of Hemath: And thus Iuda was ledde away captiue out of his owne lande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its own ground.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken prisoner away from his land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath.So Judah was taken into exile away from its land.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 27:10 : 10 Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall it lie down and consume its branches.
• Isa 32:13-14 : 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the bustle of the city shall be abandoned; the forts and towers shall become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
• Isa 6:11-12 : 11 Then I said, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities are laid waste without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate, 12 And the LORD has removed men far away, and there is a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
• Jer 25:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Ezek 8:11-18 : 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the earth. 13 He said also to me, Turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do. 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations than these. 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 17 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
• Ezek 33:28 : 28 For I will make the land most desolate, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that no one shall pass through.
• Mic 4:10 : 10 Be in pain and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you shall go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon; there you shall be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
• Ezek 11:1-9 : 1 Moreover, the spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house, which faces eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate were twenty-five men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2 Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Who say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the cauldron, and we are the meat. 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, Speak; Thus says the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron: but I will bring you forth out of its midst. 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord GOD. 9 And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. 10 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst; but I will judge you at the border of Israel:
• Jer 39:10 : 10 But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left some of the poor of the people who had nothing in the land of Judah and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
• Jer 52:9 : 9 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment upon him.
• Isa 24:3 : 3 The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.
• Jer 6:13-15 : 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush; therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
• Jer 20:4 : 4 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
• Jer 24:9-9 : 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
• Lev 26:33-35 : 33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy its Sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths. 35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when you dwelt upon it.
• Num 34:8-9 : 8 From Mount Hor you shall designate your border to the entrance of Hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad. 9 And the border shall extend to Ziphron, and the termination of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. 10 And you shall designate your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham. 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border shall descend and reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward.
• Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land where you go over Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
• Deut 28:36 : 36 The LORD shall bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, unto a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
• Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone.
• 2 Sam 8:9 : 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,
• 2 Kgs 17:20 : 20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• 2 Kgs 17:23 : 23 until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day.
• 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 And the LORD said, I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• 2 Kgs 25:20-21 : 20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah: 21 And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.