Jeremiah 51:53
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
עֹז
Strength, might, power. Oz. Bold unyielding strength that does not tire or fail. The LORD is my strength and my song. His strength is made perfect in our weakness.
עָלָה
it will 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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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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מָרוֹם
the height of
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מָרוֹם
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
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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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שָׁדַד
destroyers
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שָׁדַד
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
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בָּצַר
it will fortify
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בָּצַר
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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