H9003–/ב–b

But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.

בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית (בְּ) be. “at”

The word which the Lord said about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “by”

Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.

בַגּוֹיִ֤ם (בַ) va. “among the”

For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.

בָּ֑הּ (בָּ֑) Ba “in <the>”

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.

בַּיָּמִ֨ים (בַּ) ba “in the”וּבָעֵ֤ת (בָ) va. “at the”

Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her.

בָ֔הּ (בָ֔) Va “on <the>”

Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of the grain-cutting: for fear of the cruel sword, everyone will be turned to his people, everyone will go in flight to his land.

בְּעֵ֣ת (בְּ) be. “at”

And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan, and have his desire in full measure on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

וּבְהַ֥ר (בְ) ve. “in”

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”וּבָעֵ֨ת (בָ) va. “at the”

There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.

בָּאָ֑רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “[will be] in the”

How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!

בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ (בַּ) ba. “among the”

I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.

בַֽיהוָ֖ה (בַֽ) ba. “with”

From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldaeans.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple.

בְּצִיּ֗וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord.

בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.

בְּעָרָ֔יו (בְּ) be. “in”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.

בָ֔ם (בָ֔) Va “on <the>”

A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.

וּבָאֵימִ֖ים (בָ) va. “in <the>”

For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.

בָ֖הּ (בָ֖) va “in <the>”

As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “in <the>”

At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.

בַּגּוֹיִ֥ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

And I will send men to Babylon to make her clean and get her land cleared: for in the day of trouble they will put up their tents against her on every side.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.

בְּסִרְיֹנ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the dead will be stretched out in the land of the Chaldaeans, and the wounded in her streets.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”