Jeremiah 50:21
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.”
צָוָה
To command, to charge, to appoint. Tsavah. He will command His angels concerning you. God gives specific instructions to His angels about your protection.
עָלָה
go up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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יָשַׁב
the inhabitants of
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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עַל
on/ it
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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חָרַב
kill
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חָרַב
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
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פְּקוֹד
Pekod
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פְּקוֹד
Pekod, a symbolic name for Babylon
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מְרָתַיִם
Merathaim
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מְרָתַיִם
Merathajim, an epithet of Babylon
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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