Jeremiah

Jeremiah 51:42–43

⁴²The sea has come up over Babylon;

she is covered in turbulent waves.

⁴³Her cities have become a desolation,

a dry and arid land,

a land where no one lives,

where no son of man passes through.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sea	הַיָּ֑ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
has come up	עָלָ֥ה	‘ā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Babylon	בָּבֶ֖ל	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
she is covered	נִכְסָֽתָה׃	niḵ·sā·ṯāh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3680 cover
in turbulent	בַּהֲמ֥וֹן	ba·hă·mō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
waves	גַּלָּ֖יו	gal·lāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1530 heap, wave, billow

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Her cities	עָרֶ֙יהָ֙	‘ā·re·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5892 excitement
have become	הָי֤וּ	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a desolation	לְשַׁמָּ֔ה	lə·šam·māh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H8047 waste, appalment
a dry	צִיָּ֣ה	ṣî·yāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H6723 dryness, drought
and arid	וַעֲרָבָ֑ה	wa·‘ă·rā·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H6160 desert-plain, steppe
land	אֶ֖רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
a land	אֶ֗רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
where	בָּהֵן֙	bā·hên	Preposition; third person feminine plural
no	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
one	אִ֔ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
lives	יֵשֵׁ֤ב	yê·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
where no	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of man	אָדָֽם׃	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
passes through	יַעֲבֹ֥ר	ya·‘ă·ḇōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 51:42 Isaiah 8:7–8 · Daniel 9:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.