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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

MERATHAIM

Name that Jeremiah uses in reference to God’s judgment upon Babylon (Jer 50:21). Though it means “double rebellion” or “twofold rebel,” it is a wordplay on the name for southern Babylonia, Marratu. Thus, God says, “Go up against the land, Two-fold rebel . . . and utterly destroy it!”