NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Thus saith'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. Behold I will raise up `uwr (oor) to wake -- (a-)wake(-n, up), lift up (self), master, raise (up), stir up (self). against Babylon Babel (baw-bel') confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon. and against them that dwell yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry in the midst leb (labe) the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect of them that rise up quwm (koom) to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) against me a destroying shachath (shaw-khath') to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r). wind ruwach (roo'-akh) wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer. King James Bible Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; Holman Christian Standard Bible This is what the LORD says: I am about to stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the population of Leb-qamai. International Standard Version This is what the LORD says: "Look, I'm going to stir up a destroying wind against Babylon and the inhabitants of Leb-kamai. NET Bible The LORD says, "I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the LORD says: I will stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the people who live in Leb Kamai. King James 2000 Bible Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; Links Jeremiah 51:1Jeremiah 51:1 NIV Jeremiah 51:1 NLT Jeremiah 51:1 ESV Jeremiah 51:1 NASB Jeremiah 51:1 KJV |