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Jeremiah 50

Jer. 50:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the most proud
zadown (Hebrew #2087)
arrogance
KJV usage: presumptuously, pride, proud (man).
Pronounce: zaw-done'
Origin: from 2102
shallh stumble
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
and fall
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
, and none shall raise him up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
: and I will kindle
yatsath (Hebrew #3341)
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
KJV usage: burn (up), be desolate, set (on) fire ((fire)), kindle.
Pronounce: yaw-tsath'
Origin: a primitive root
a fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
i in his cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and it shall devour
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
all 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'}
him.
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Prov. 16:18• 18Pride [goeth] before destruction;{HR}And a haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:18)
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Prov. 18:12• 12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,{HR}and before honour [is] humility. (Prov. 18:12)
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Rev. 18:8• 8therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire: for strong {i}is{/i} the Lord God that judged her. (Rev. 18:8)

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the most proud.
Heb. pride.
Prov. 16:18• 18Pride [goeth] before destruction;{HR}And a haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:18)
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Prov. 18:12• 12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,{HR}and before honour [is] humility. (Prov. 18:12)
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Isa. 10:12‑15• 12And it shall come to pass [that], when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put down them that sit [on thrones];
 14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him that is] not wood. (Isa. 10:12‑15)
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Isa. 14:13‑15• 13And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. (Isa. 14:13‑15)
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Ezek. 28:2‑9• 2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.
 3Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel: there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
 4with thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
 5by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
 6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
 7behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
 8They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
 9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. (Ezek. 28:2‑9)
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Dan. 5:20,23‑30• 20{i}But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;{/i}
 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; {i}and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know;{/i} and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
 24{i}then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.{/i}
 25{i}And this is the writing that is written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.{/i}
 26This is the interpretation of the thing. MENE, {i}God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it{/i};
 27TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
 28PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
 29{i}Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.{/i}
 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (Dan. 5:20,23‑30)
none.
Jer. 51:26,64• 26And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate forever, saith Jehovah.
 64{i}and 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{/i}. (Jer. 51:26,64)
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Rev. 18:8• 8therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire: for strong {i}is{/i} the Lord God that judged her. (Rev. 18:8)
kindle.
Jer. 21:14• 14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. (Jer. 21:14)
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Jer. 49:27• 27And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. (Jer. 49:27)
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Deut. 32:22• 22{i}For a fire is kindled in mine anger,{HR}And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol,{HR}And shall consume the earth and its produce,{HR}And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:22)
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Amos 1:4,7,10,12,14• 4{i}And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.{/i}
 7{i}And I will send a fire on the wall of Gazah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.{/i}
 10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
 12but I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
 14but I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind. (Amos 1:4,7,10,12,14)
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Amos 2:2,5• 2but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
 5{i}And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.{/i} (Amos 2:2,5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the proud onec shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; yea, I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "pride," as ch. 49.16. It is Babylon personified.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.