Jeremiah
Jeremiah 51:6
6Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives!
Do not be destroyed in her punishment.
For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance;
He will pay her what she deserves.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flee | נֻ֣סוּ׀ | nu·sū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5127 flee, escape |
| from | מִתּ֣וֹךְ | mit·tō·wḵ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H8432 midst |
| Babylon | בָּבֶ֗ל | bā·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H894 Babel, Babylon |
| Escape | וּמַלְּטוּ֙ | ū·mal·lə·ṭū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | H4422 slip away |
| with your | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| lives | נַפְשׁ֔וֹ | nap̄·šōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| be destroyed | תִּדַּ֖מּוּ | tid·dam·mū | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H1826 be or grow dumb, silent, still |
| in her punishment | בַּעֲוֺנָ֑הּ | ba·‘ă·wō·nāh | Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct; third person feminine singular | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| For | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| this | הִיא֙ | hî | Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| is the time | עֵ֨ת | ‘êṯ | Noun - common singular construct | H6256 time |
| of the LORD’s | לַֽיהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| vengeance | נְקָמָ֥ה | nə·qā·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H5360 vengeance |
| He | ה֥וּא | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| will pay | מְשַׁלֵּ֖ם | mə·šal·lêm | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular | H7999 be complete, sound |
| her | לָֽהּ׃ | lāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | |
| what she deserves | גְּמ֕וּל | gə·mūl | Noun - masculine singular | H1576 dealing, recompence, benefit |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 50:8 · Jeremiah 50:28 · Jeremiah 50:15 · Jeremiah 25:14 · Numbers 16:26 · Jeremiah 51:45 · Jeremiah 50:31 · Revelation 16:19 · Jeremiah 51:11 · Jeremiah 51:9 · Isaiah 48:20 · Jeremiah 51:50
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.