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Jeremiah 51

Jer. 51:56 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Because the spoiler
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
is come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
upon her, even upon Babylon
Babel (Hebrew #894)
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV usage: Babel, Babylon.
Pronounce: baw-bel'
Origin: from 1101
, and her mighty men
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
are taken
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
, every one of theirr bows
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
is broken
chathath (Hebrew #2865)
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
Pronounce: khaw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
: for 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
God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
of recompences
gmuwlah (Hebrew #1578)
meaning the same
KJV usage: deed, recompense, such a reward.
Pronounce: ghem-oo-law'
Origin: feminine of 1576
shall surely
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
requite
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
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1 Sam. 2:4• 4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Sam. 2:4)
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Psa. 94:1• 1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. (Psa. 94:1)
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Psa. 137:8• 8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. (Psa. 137:8)

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the spoiler.
Jer. 51:48• 48Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord. (Jer. 51:48)
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Jer. 50:10• 10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord. (Jer. 50:10)
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Isa. 21:2• 2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (Isa. 21:2)
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Hab. 2:8• 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. (Hab. 2:8)
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Rev. 17:16• 16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. (Rev. 17:16)
her mighty.
Jer. 51:30• 30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. (Jer. 51:30)
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Jer. 50:36• 36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. (Jer. 50:36)
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Jer. 49:35• 35Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. (Jer. 49:35)
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Gen. 49:24• 24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) (Gen. 49:24)
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1 Sam. 2:4• 4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Sam. 2:4)
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Psa. 37:15• 15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. (Psa. 37:15)
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Psa. 46:9• 9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. (Psa. 46:9)
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Psa. 76:3• 3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. (Psa. 76:3)
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Ezek. 39:3,9• 3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
 9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: (Ezek. 39:3,9)
the Lord.
Jer. 51:6,24• 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 the Lord's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
 24And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord. (Jer. 51:6,24)
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Jer. 50:28‑29• 28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
 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 the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer. 50:28‑29)
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Deut. 32:35• 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. (Deut. 32:35)
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Psa. 94:1‑2• 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. (Psa. 94:1‑2)
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Psa. 137:8• 8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. (Psa. 137:8)
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Isa. 34:8• 8For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. (Isa. 34:8)
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Isa. 35:4• 4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. (Isa. 35:4)
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Isa. 59:18• 18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. (Isa. 59:18)
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2 Thess. 1:6• 6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; (2 Thess. 1:6)
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Rev. 18:5‑6,20• 5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
 6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
 20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. (Rev. 18:5‑6,20)
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Rev. 19:2• 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. (Rev. 19:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the spoiler is come against her, against Babylon, and her mighty men are taken; their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah, the *Godd of recompences, will certainly requite.

JND Translation Notes

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El, only twice in Jeremiah, here, and ch. 32.18; once in Lam., ch. 3.41.