Jeremiah

Jeremiah 51:53

⁵³Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens

and fortifies her lofty stronghold,

the destroyers I send will come against her,”

declares the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Even if	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
Babylon	בָבֶל֙	ḇā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
ascends	תַעֲלֶ֤ה	ṯa·‘ă·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to the heavens	הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and fortifies	תְבַצֵּ֖ר	ṯə·ḇaṣ·ṣêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1219 cut off, make inaccessible
her lofty	מְר֣וֹם	mə·rō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4791 height
stronghold	עֻזָּ֑הּ	‘uz·zāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H5797 strength, might
the destroyers	שֹׁדְדִ֛ים	šō·ḏə·ḏîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
I send	מֵאִתִּ֗י	mê·’it·tî	Preposition-m; first person common singular	H854 with
will come	יָבֹ֧אוּ	yā·ḇō·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
against her	לָ֖הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃ס	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.