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Jeremiah 50

Jer. 50:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Shout
ruwa` (Hebrew #7321)
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
KJV usage: blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Pronounce: roo-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
against her round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
: she hath given
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
e her hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
: her foundations
'ashuwyah (Hebrew #803)
foundation
KJV usage: foundation.
Pronounce: ash-oo-yah'
Origin: feminine passive participle from an unused root meaning to found
are fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
, her walls
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
are thrown down
harac (Hebrew #2040)
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
KJV usage: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.
Pronounce: haw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
: for it is the vengeance
nqamah (Hebrew #5360)
avengement, whether the act of the passion
KJV usage: + avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.
Pronounce: nek-aw-maw'
Origin: feminine of 5359
f of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: take vengeance
naqam (Hebrew #5358)
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
KJV usage: avenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), X surely, take vengeance.
Pronounce: naw-kam'
Origin: a primitive root
upon her; asg she hath done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
, do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto her.
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1 Chron. 29:24• 24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. (1 Chron. 29:24)
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Isa. 63:4• 4For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. (Isa. 63:4)
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Rev. 18:6• 6Render to her as she also rendered, and double [the] double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed mix to her double. (Rev. 18:6)

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Shout.
Jer. 51:14• 14Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. (Jer. 51:14)
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Josh. 6:5,20• 5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
 20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. (Josh. 6:5,20)
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Ezek. 21:22• 22At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. (Ezek. 21:22)
she hath.
1 Chron. 29:24• 24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. (1 Chron. 29:24)
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1 Chron. 29•  (1 Chron. 29)
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2 Chron. 30:8• 8Now, be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified forever, and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you. (2 Chron. 30:8)
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2 Chron. 30•  (2 Chron. 30)
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Lam. 5:6• 6To Egypt we gave the hand and to Asshur to be satisfied with bread. (Lam. 5:6)
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Ezek. 17:18• 18seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. (Ezek. 17:18)
her foundations.
Jer. 51:25,44,58,64• 25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
 44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
 58Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
 64and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah. (Jer. 51:25,44,58,64)
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Jer. 50:14,28• 14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.
 28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple. (Jer. 50:14,28)
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Jer. 46:10• 10For this is the day of Jehovah God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. (Jer. 46:10)
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Jer. 51:6,11,36• 6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
 11Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: Jehovah hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
 36Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. (Jer. 51:6,11,36)
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Deut. 32:35,41,43• 35Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR}
 41If I whet my glittering sword,{HR}And mine hand take hold on judgment;{HR}I will render vengeance to mine enemies,{HR}And will reward them that hate me.
 43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:{HR}For he will avenge the blood of his servants,{HR}And will render vengeance to his adversaries,{HR}And will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. (Deut. 32:35,41,43)
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Psa. 94:1• 1O Jehovah God to whom vengeance belongeth,{HR}O God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. (Psa. 94:1)
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Psa. 149:7• 7To do vengeance on the nations,{HR}Punishments on the Gentiles; (Psa. 149:7)
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Isa. 59:17• 17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. (Isa. 59:17)
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Isa. 61:2• 2to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Isa. 61:2)
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Isa. 63:4• 4For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. (Isa. 63:4)
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Nah. 1:2• 2A God jealous and avenging is Jehovah; Jehovah revengeth, and is furious; Jehovah will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (Nah. 1:2)
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Luke 21:22• 22For these are days of vengeance, that all the things written may be accomplished. (Luke 21:22)
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Rom. 3:5• 5But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who inflicteth wrath? I speak according to man. (Rom. 3:5)
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Rom. 12:19• 19avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, “To me [belongeth] vengeance, I will requite,” saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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2 Thess. 1:8• 8in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and to those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; (2 Thess. 1:8)
as she.
Jer. 50:29• 29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer. 50:29)
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Judg. 1:6‑7• 6And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
 7And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings, with their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gleaned under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. (Judg. 1:6‑7)
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1 Sam. 15:33• 33And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal. (1 Sam. 15:33)
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Psa. 137:8‑9• 8Daughter of Babylon, the desolated,{HR}Happy he that rendereth to thee thy measure thou didst mete to us.
 9Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy babes against the rock (crag). (Psa. 137:8‑9)
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Matt. 7:2• 2for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you. (Matt. 7:2)
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James 2:13• 13for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment. (James 2:13)
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Rev. 16:6• 6For they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou gavest them blood to drink: they are worthy. (Rev. 16:6)
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Rev. 18:6• 6Render to her as she also rendered, and double [the] double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed mix to her double. (Rev. 18:6)
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Rev. 19:2• 2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. (Rev. 19:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Shout against her round about: she hath given her handg; her ramparts are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for this is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. "hath surrendered."

W. Kelly Translation

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Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.