NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Though BabylonBabel (baw-bel') confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon. should mount up `alah (aw-law') to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow) to heaven shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim) air, astrologer, heaven(-s). and though she should fortify batsar (baw-tsar') to clip off; to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification) the height marowm (maw-rome') altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) -- (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward. of her strength `oz (oze) strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise) -- boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong. yet 'az (awz) at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore -- beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet. from me shall spoilers shadad (shaw-dad') to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage -- dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), utterly, (lay) waste. come bow' (bo) to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) unto her saith n'um (neh-oom') an oracle -- (hath) said, saith. the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her," declares the LORD. King James Bible Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from Me. This is the LORD's declaration. International Standard Version Though Babylon should reach up to the heavens and fortify her high fortresses, from me destroyers will come to her," declares the LORD. NET Bible Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky and fortifies her elevated stronghold, I will send destroyers against her," says the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people of Babylon might go up to heaven. They might fortify their strongholds. But destroyers will still come from me against them," declares the LORD. King James 2000 Bible Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall plunderers come unto her, says the LORD. Links Jeremiah 51:53Jeremiah 51:53 NIV Jeremiah 51:53 NLT Jeremiah 51:53 ESV Jeremiah 51:53 NASB Jeremiah 51:53 KJV |
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