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Jeremiah 51:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.


Jeremiah 51:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 51:1223 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶלʾel
againstpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
חוֹמֹ֨תḥwōmōt
the walls ofnounH2346
walled
בָּבֶ֜לbābel
BabylonnounH894
Babylon
שְׂאוּśəʾw
lift upverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
נֵ֗סnēs
a standardnounH5251
pole · sail · sign · standard
הַחֲזִ֨יקוּ֙haḥăziyqw
strengthenverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
הַ/מִּשְׁמָ֔רhamišəmār
the watchparticleH4929
guard · office · prison · ward ···
הָקִ֨ימוּ֙hāqiymw
stationverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
שֹֽׁמְרִ֔יםšōməriym
watchmenverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הָכִ֖ינוּhākiynw
prepareverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
הָ/אֹֽרְבִ֑יםhāʾōrəbiym
the ambushersparticleH693
lay wait
כִּ֚יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גַּםgam
bothparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זָמַ֣םzāmam
he has purposedverbH2161
devise · imagine · plot · purpose ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
גַּםgam
as well asparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
עָשָׂ֕הʿāśāh
he will doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֵ֥תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
that whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבֶּ֖רdiber
he spokeverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֶלʾel
concerningpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יֹשְׁבֵ֥יyōšəbēy
the inhabitants ofverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בָבֶֽלbābel
BabylonnounH894
Babylon
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Omar HassanNote1mo ago
God's sovereignty revealed - Jeremiah 51
God is faithful in every circumstance. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever. God is faithful in every cir...
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