InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Yir C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C52
Yir 51 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61 V64
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Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Babylon
OET-LV We_healed[fn] DOM Bāⱱel and_not it_was_healed leave_it and_let_us_go everyone to_his_own_of_land if/because it_has_reached to the_heavens judgement_of_its and_it_has_been_lifted_up to the_clouds.
51:9 OSHB variant note: רפאנו: (x-qere) ’רִפִּ֣ינוּ’: lemma=7495 morph=HVpp1cp id=24snx רִפִּ֣ינוּ
OET (OET-RV) We tried to heal Bavel, but it never recovered,
⇔ so leave it and let everyone go back to their own region,
⇔ because its guilt has reached up to the heavens—
⇔ it’s piled up to the clouds.
Yahweh used Babylon to punish Judah and the nation. It is either the people of Judah or the people of the nations who are speaking the words in this quotation.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) Babylon … she is not healed … leave her … her guilt
(Some words not found in UHB: heal DOM Bāⱱel and=not healed leave,it and,let_us_go (a)_man to,his_own_of,land that/for/because/then/when reached to/towards the=heavens judgment_of,its and,it_has_been_lifted_up until skies )
The name of the city is a metonym for the people who live there, and the city is spoken of as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: [the people of Babylon … they are not healed … leave them … their guilt]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) she is not healed
(Some words not found in UHB: heal DOM Bāⱱel and=not healed leave,it and,let_us_go (a)_man to,his_own_of,land that/for/because/then/when reached to/towards the=heavens judgment_of,its and,it_has_been_lifted_up until skies )
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: [we have not been able to heal her]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) For her guilt reaches up to the heavens; it is piled up to the clouds
(Some words not found in UHB: heal DOM Bāⱱel and=not healed leave,it and,let_us_go (a)_man to,his_own_of,land that/for/because/then/when reached to/towards the=heavens judgment_of,its and,it_has_been_lifted_up until skies )
Guilt is spoken of as if it were an object that could be made into a pile. Alternate translation: [For Babylon is so very guilty]
OET-LV We_healed[fn] DOM Bāⱱel and_not it_was_healed leave_it and_let_us_go everyone to_his_own_of_land if/because it_has_reached to the_heavens judgement_of_its and_it_has_been_lifted_up to the_clouds.
51:9 OSHB variant note: רפאנו: (x-qere) ’רִפִּ֣ינוּ’: lemma=7495 morph=HVpp1cp id=24snx רִפִּ֣ינוּ
OET (OET-RV) We tried to heal Bavel, but it never recovered,
⇔ so leave it and let everyone go back to their own region,
⇔ because its guilt has reached up to the heavens—
⇔ it’s piled up to the clouds.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.