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Jeremiah 50:1

הַדָּבָ֗ר
dâbâr
the — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
דִּבֶּ֧ר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
יְהוָ֛ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
בָּבֶ֖ל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
אֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים
Kasdîy
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
בְּיַ֖ד
yâd
in/with/by — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
הַנָּבִֽיא
nâbîyʼ
the — a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Jeremiah 50:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon and concerning the land of the Chaldeans through Jeremiah the prophet: [Is 13:1-14:23; 47; Hab 1:1, 2]
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This opens the climactic, double-length oracle against Babylon (ch.50-51), judged last and at greatest length because it was the empire that carried out every other judgment in this section.

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The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon and concerning the land of the Chaldeans through Jeremiah the prophet: [Is 13:1-14:23; 47; Hab 1:1, 2]
Jeremiah 50:1
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