Jeremiah 51:12
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
חוֹמָה
the walls of
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חוֹמָה
Wall, surrounding structure. Chomah. Your walls are continually before Me. God sees every boundary in your life and is always aware of what surrounds you.
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עָשָׂה
he will do
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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חָזַק
strengthen
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חָזַק
To be strong, to strengthen. Chazaq. Wait on the LORD. Be strong. Let your heart take courage. God calls the weary to renewed strength through waiting.
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כּוּן
prepare
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כּוּן
To be firm, to be established, to be ready. Kun. God establishes what He builds. He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion.
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שָׁמַר
watchmen
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שָׁמַר
To keep, to guard, to observe. Shamar. The LORD will keep you from all harm. He watches over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
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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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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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דָבַר
he spoke
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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גַּם
as well as
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָשָׂא
lift up
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נָשָׂא
To lift up, to bear, to forgive. Nasa. God lifts the weight of guilt. He carries what we cannot carry.
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נֵס
a standard
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נֵס
a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
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זָמַם
he has purposed
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זָמַם
to plan, usually in a bad sense
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