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

מֵימֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

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.

שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

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.

אַרְצָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

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.

בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”צְבָאָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “its”

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

בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

Go in flight out of Babylon, so that every man may keep his life; do not be cut off in her evil-doing: for it is the time of the Lord's punishment; he will give her her reward.

בַּעֲוֹנָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

מִיֵּינָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “its”

Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well.

לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

We would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to his country: for her punishment is stretching up to heaven, and lifted up even to the skies.

מִשְׁפָּטָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.

פַּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”סְגָנֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Babylon's men of war have kept back from the fight, waiting in their strong places; their strength has given way, they have become like women: her houses have been put on fire, her locks are broken.

מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְרִיחֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

יַמָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”מְקוֹרָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “its”

Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no son of man goes by.

עָרֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”

My people, go out from her, and let every man get away safe from the burning wrath of the Lord.

מִתּוֹכָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “it”

For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.

אַרְצָ֖הּ (הּ) h “its”חֲלָלֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.

פְּסִילֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “its”אַרְצָ֖הּ (הּ) h “its”

Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in with walls, still I would send against her those who will make her waste, says the Lord.

עֻזָּ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.

גִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

שָׂרֶ֨יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָ (הָ) ha “its”פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.

וְדִמְעָתָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “her”לֶֽחֱיָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”רֵעֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.

שְׁעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”כֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “her”בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.

צָרֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”אֹיְבֶ֣יהָ (הָ) ha “her”פְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker.

הֲדָרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “her”שָׂרֶ֗יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and m

עָנְיָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “her”וּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”מַחֲמֻדֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”עַמָּ֣הּ (הּ) h “her”מִשְׁבַּתֶּֽהָ׃ (הָ) ha “her”