Jeremiah

Jeremiah 51:8–9

⁸Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered.

Wail for her; get her balm for her pain;

perhaps she can be healed.

⁹“We tried to heal Babylon,

but she could not be healed.

Abandon her!

Let each of us go to his own land,

for her judgment extends to the sky

and reaches to the clouds.”

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Jeremiah 51:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Suddenly	פִּתְאֹ֛ם	piṯ·’ōm	Adverb	H6597 suddenness
Babylon	בָבֶ֖ל	ḇā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
has fallen	נָפְלָ֥ה	nā·p̄ə·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5307 fall, lie
and been shattered	וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑ר	wat·tiš·šā·ḇêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
Wail	הֵילִ֣ילוּ	hê·lî·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H3213 howl, make a howling
for her	עָלֶ֗יהָ	‘ā·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5921 height
get her	קְח֤וּ	qə·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H3947 take
balm	צֳרִי֙	ṣo·rî	Noun - masculine singular	H6875 balsam
for her pain	לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּ	lə·maḵ·’ō·w·ḇāh	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H4341 pain
perhaps	אוּלַ֖י	’ū·lay	Adverb	H194 peradventure, perhaps
she can be healed	תֵּרָפֵֽא׃	tê·rā·p̄ê	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7495 heal

Jeremiah 51:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
We tried to heal	רִפִּאנוּ	rip·pi·nū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural	H7495 heal
Babylon	בָּבֶל֙	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
but she could not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be healed	נִרְפָּ֔תָה	nir·pā·ṯāh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7495 heal
Abandon her	עִזְב֕וּהָ	‘iz·ḇū·hā	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural; third person feminine singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
Let each	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
of us go	וְנֵלֵ֖ךְ	wə·nê·lêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural	H1980 go, come, walk
to his own land	לְאַרְצ֑וֹ	lə·’ar·ṣōw	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H776 earth, land
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
her judgment	מִשְׁפָּטָ֔הּ	miš·pā·ṭāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H4941 judgment
extends	נָגַ֤ע	nā·ḡa‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the sky	הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and reaches	וְנִשָּׂ֖א	wə·niś·śā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the clouds	שְׁחָקִֽים׃	šə·ḥā·qîm	Noun - masculine plural	H7834 dust, cloud

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Jeremiah 51:8 Isaiah 21:9 · Jeremiah 46:11 · Revelation 14:8 · Revelation 18:2 · Jeremiah 50:2 · Jeremiah 48:20

Jeremiah 51:9 Jeremiah 50:16 · Isaiah 13:14 · Revelation 18:5 · Jeremiah 46:16 · Daniel 4:20–22 · Ezra 9:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.