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Jeremiah 51:12

Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

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ASV

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֶל־'el-againstH413 →
חוֹמֹ֨תcho.Mot[the] walls ofH2346 →
בָּבֶ֜לba.VelBabylonH894 →
שְׂאוּ־se.'u-lift upH5375 →
נֵ֗סNesa standardH5251 →
הַחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ha.cha.Zi.kustrengthenH2388 →
הַמִּשְׁמָ֔רha.mish.Marthe watchH4929 →
הָקִ֙ימוּ֙ha.Ki.mustationH6965 →
שֹֽׁמְרִ֔יםsho.me.RimwatchmenH8104 →
הָכִ֖ינוּha.Khi.nuprepareH3559 →
הָאֹֽרְבִ֑יםha.'o.re.Vimthe ambushersH693 →
כִּ֚יkiforH3588 →
גַּם־gam-bothH1571 →
זָמַ֣םza.Mamhe has purposedH2161 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
גַּם־gam-as well asH1571 →
עָשָׂ֕ה'a.Sahhe will doH6213 →
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834 →
דִּבֶּ֖רdi.Berhe spokeH1696 →
אֶל־'el-concerningH413 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
בָבֶֽל׃va.VelBabylonH894 →

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Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.Isaiah 13:2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.Jeremiah 4:6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.Nahum 2:1One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!Jeremiah 51:29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.Ezekiel 38:7Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.Jeremiah 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.Jeremiah 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’Jeremiah 46:3–5“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.Joshua 8:14When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!Lamentations 2:17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.Joel 3:9–14Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.Nahum 3:14–15Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!Ezekiel 33:2“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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