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Jeremiah 51

Jer. 51:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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
; Behold, I will plead
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
thy cause
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from 7378; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
, and 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
for thee
nqamah (Hebrew #5360)
avengement, whether the act of the passion
KJV usage: + avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.
Pronounce: nek-aw-maw'
Origin: feminine of 5359
; and I will dry up
charab (Hebrew #2717)
a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
KJV usage: decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, X surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
Pronounce: khaw-rab'
Origin: or chareb {khaw-rabe'}
her sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and make her springs
maqowr (Hebrew #4726)
from 6979; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
KJV usage: fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
Pronounce: maw-kore'
Origin: or maqor {maw-kore'}
dry
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
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Jer. 50:33‑34• 33Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
 34Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. (Jer. 50:33‑34)
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Psa. 140:12• 12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. (Psa. 140:12)
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Prov. 22:23• 23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. (Prov. 22:23)
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Prov. 23:11• 11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. (Prov. 23:11)
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Isa. 43:14• 14Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. (Isa. 43:14)
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Isa. 47:6‑9• 6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
 7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
 8Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
 9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa. 47:6‑9)
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Isa. 49:25‑26• 25But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
 26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. (Isa. 49:25‑26)
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Mic. 7:8‑10• 8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
 9I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
 10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. (Mic. 7:8‑10)
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Hab. 2:8‑17• 8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
 10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
 12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
 13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
 15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
 16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
 17For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. (Hab. 2:8‑17)
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Deut. 32:35,43• 35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
 43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. (Deut. 32:35,43)
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Psa. 94:1‑3• 1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
 2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
 3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? (Psa. 94:1‑3)
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Rom. 12:19• 19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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Heb. 10:30‑31• 30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Heb. 10:30‑31)
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Rev. 19:1‑3• 1And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God:
 2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
 3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. (Rev. 19:1‑3)
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Jer. 50:38• 38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. (Jer. 50:38)
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Psa. 107:33• 33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; (Psa. 107:33)
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Isa. 44:27• 27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: (Isa. 44:27)
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Rev. 16:12• 12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. (Rev. 16:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her seae, and make her spring dry.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. the Euphrates. see Isa. 19.5.