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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,{HR}And they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Sam. 2:4)
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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. 137:8• 8Daughter of Babylon, the desolated,{HR}Happy he that rendereth to thee thy measure thou didst mete to 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 Jehovah. (Jer. 51:48)
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Jer. 50:10• 10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith Jehovah. (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, Elam; besiege, 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 all that dwell therein. (Hab. 2:8)
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Rev. 17:16• 16And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh and shall burn her with fire. (Rev. 17:16)
her mighty.
Jer. 51:30• 30The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling places; 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 Jehovah 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 abideth firm, and the arms of his hands are supple by the hands of the mighty One 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,{HR}And they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Sam. 2:4)
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Psa. 37:15• 15Their sword shall come into their own heart{HR}And their bows shall be broken. (Psa. 37:15)
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Psa. 46:9• 9Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth;{HR}He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear;{HR}He burneth the chariots in the fire. (Psa. 46:9)
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Psa. 76:3• 3There he broke the flashing shafts of the bow,{HR}The shield and the sword and the battle. Selah. (Psa. 76:3)
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Ezek. 39:3,9• 3And I will strike 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 hand staves, 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 Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
 24And I have rendered unto Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea all the evil which they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah. (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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer. 50:28‑29)
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Deut. 32:35• 35{i}Vengeance 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}{/i} (Deut. 32:35)
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Psa. 94:1‑2• 1O Jehovah God to whom vengeance belongeth,{HR}O God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
 2Lift up thyself, judge of the earth;{HR}Render desert to the proud. (Psa. 94:1‑2)
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Psa. 137:8• 8Daughter of Babylon, the desolated,{HR}Happy he that rendereth to thee thy measure thou didst mete to us. (Psa. 137:8)
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Isa. 34:8• 8For [it is] the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. (Isa. 34:8)
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Isa. 35:4• 4Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:4)
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Isa. 59:18• 18According to deeds, accordingly he will repay: fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. (Isa. 59:18)
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2 Thess. 1:6• 6if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to those who trouble you, (2 Thess. 1:6)
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Rev. 18:5‑6,20• 5for her sins have reached unto the heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
 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.
 20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets: for God hath judged your judgment on her. (Rev. 18:5‑6,20)
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Rev. 19:2• 2for true and righteous {i}are{/i} 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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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for Jehovah God of recompenses shall surely requite.