Isaiah

Isaiah 13:19

¹⁹And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,

the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,

will be overthrown by God

like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Babylon	בָבֶל֙	ḇā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
the jewel	צְבִ֣י	ṣə·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6643 beauty, honour
of the kingdoms	מַמְלָכ֔וֹת	mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4467 kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign
the glory	תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת	tip̄·’e·reṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8597 beauty, glory
of the pride	גְּא֣וֹן	gə·’ō·wn	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1347 exaltation
of the Chaldeans	כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים	kaś·dîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3778 Chaldean
will be	וְהָיְתָ֤ה	wə·hā·yə·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
overthrown	כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣ת	kə·mah·pê·ḵaṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4114 overthrow
by God	אֱלֹהִ֔ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
like Sodom	סְדֹ֖ם	sə·ḏōm	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5467 Sodom
and Gomorrah	עֲמֹרָֽה׃	‘ă·mō·rāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6017 Gomorrah

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.