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51:34 Variant note: אכל/נו: (x-qere) ’אֲכָלַ֣/נִי’: lemma_398 morph_HVqp3ms/Sp1cs id_24fqc אֲכָלַ֣/נִי

51:34 Variant note: הממ/נו: (x-qere) ’הֲמָמַ֗/נִי’: lemma_2000 n_1.3.1 morph_HVqp3ms/Sp1cs id_24QAy הֲמָמַ֗/נִי

51:34 Variant note: הציג/נו: (x-qere) ’הִצִּיגַ֨/נִי֙’: lemma_3322 n_1.2.0 morph_HVhp3ms/Sp1cs id_24BMJ הִצִּיגַ֨/נִי֙

51:34 Variant note: בלע/נו: (x-qere) ’בְּלָעַ֨/נִי֙’: lemma_1104 n_1.1.0 morph_HVqp3ms/Sp1cs id_24GLM בְּלָעַ֨/נִי֙

51:34 Variant note: הדיח/נו: (x-qere) ’הֱדִיחָֽ/נִי’: lemma_1740 n_0 morph_HVhp3ms/Sp1cs id_2464g הֱדִיחָֽ/נִי

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ULT ‘Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me,
 ⇔ he has driven me into confusion and has made me an empty pot.
 ⇔ Like a monster he has swallowed me,
 ⇔ he has filled his stomach with my delicious foods,
 ⇔ and then he has spit me out.’

UST The army of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us Israelites,
⇔ and we have no strength left.
 ⇔ It is as though they have swallowed us like a great monster
⇔ that filled its belly with all our tasty parts,
⇔ and then has spit out what it did not like.

BSB  ⇔ “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me;
⇔ he has crushed me.
 ⇔ He has set me aside like an empty vessel;
⇔ he has swallowed me like a monster;
 ⇔ he filled his belly with my delicacies
⇔ and vomited me out.[fn]

51:34 Or expelled me

OEB  ⇔ Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
⇔ Hath done me violent wrong:
 ⇔ He hath left me an empty vessel,
⇔ He hath swallowed me up like a monster;
 ⇔ He hath filled his maw with my dainties,
⇔ And then hath cast me out.

WEB  ⇔ “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me.
⇔ He has crushed me.
⇔ He has made me an empty vessel.
 ⇔ He has, like a monster, swallowed me up.
⇔ He has filled his mouth with my delicacies.
⇔ He has cast me out.

NET “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
 ⇔ devoured me and drove my people out.
 ⇔ Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me.
 ⇔ He filled his belly with my riches.
 ⇔ He made me an empty dish.
 ⇔ He completely cleaned me out.”

LSV Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
He has set us [as] an empty vessel,
He has swallowed us as a dragon,
He has filled his belly with my delicacies,
He has driven us away.

FBV Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon chewed me[fn] up and sucked me dry, making me as empty as a jar with nothing in it. He swallowed me down as if he were some monster, filling himself with the tastiest parts of me and throwing the rest away.

51:34 “Me”: referring to Jerusalem.

T4T  ⇔ The army of Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us Israeli people,
⇔ and we have no strength left.
 ⇔ It is as though they have swallowed us like a great monster
⇔ that filled its belly with all our tasty parts,
⇔ and then has spit out what it did not like.

LEB • has devoured me and sucked me dry; • he has made me an empty vessel; • he has swallowed me like the sea monster; • he has filled his belly with my delicacies; • he has rinsed me.

BBE Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

MOF No MOF JER book available

JPS Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath set me down as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath washed me clean.

ASV Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

DRA Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath eaten me up, he hath devoured me: he hath made me as an empty vessel: he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicate meats, and he hath cast me out.

YLT Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us [as] an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.

DBY Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

RV Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicates; he hath cast me out.

WBS Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

KJB Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
(Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath/has devoured me, he hath/has crushed me, he hath/has made me an empty vessel, he hath/has swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath/has filled his belly with my delicates, he hath/has cast me out. )

BB Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon hath deuoured and destroyed me, he hath made me an emptie vessell, he swalowed me vp lyke a dragon, and fylled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
(Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon hath/has deuoured and destroyed me, he hath/has made me an emptie vessel, he swalowed me up like a dragon, and fylled his belly with my delicates, he hath/has cast me out.)

GNV Nebuchad-nezzar the King of Babel hath deuoured me, and destroyed me: he hath made me an emptie vessel: he swallowed mee vp like a dragon, and filled his belly with my delicates, and hath cast me out.
(Nebuchad-nezzar the King of Babel hath/has deuoured me, and destroyed me: he hath/has made me an emptie vessel: he swallowed mee up like a dragon, and filled his belly with my delicates, and hath/has cast me out. )

CB Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me, he hath made me an emptie vessell. He swalowed me vp like a Dragon, and fylled his bely with my delicates: he hath cast me out,
(Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath/has deuoured and distroyed me, he hath/has made me an emptie vessel. He swalowed me up like a Dragon, and fylled his bely with my delicates: he hath/has cast me out,)

WYC Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, eet me, and deuouride me; he made me as a voide vessel, he as a dragoun swolewide me; he fillide his wombe with my tendirnesse, and he castide me out.
(Nabugodonosor, the king of Babiloyne, eet me, and deuouride me; he made me as a void vessel, he as a dragoun swolewide me; he fillide his womb with my tendirnesse, and he castide me out.)

LUT Nebukadnezar, der König zu Babel, hat mich gefressen und umgebracht; er hat aus mir ein leer Gefäß gemacht; er hat mich verschlungen wie ein Drache; er hat seinen Bauch gefüllet mit meinem Niedlichsten; er hat mich verstoßen.
(Nebukadnezar, the king to Babel, has me gefressen and umgebracht; he has out of to_me a leer Gefäß made; he has me verschlungen like a dragon; he has his Bauch gefüllet with my Niedlichsten; he has me verstoßen.)

CLV Comedit me, devoravit me Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis: reddidit me quasi vas inane, absorbuit me quasi draco, replevit ventrem suum teneritudine mea, et ejecit me.
(Comedit me, devoravit me Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis: reddidit me as_if vas inane, absorbuit me as_if draco, replevit ventrem his_own teneritudine mea, and eyecit me. )

BRN say thou to him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I pull down those whom I have built up, and I pluck up those whom I have planted.

BrLXX Εἰπὸν αὐτῷ, οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος, ἰδοὺ οὓς ἐγὼ ᾠκοδόμησα, ἐγὼ καθαιρῶ· καὶ οὓς ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, ἐγὼ ἐκτίλλω.
(Eipon autōi, houtōs eipe Kurios, idou hous egō ōkodomaʸsa, egō kathairō; kai hous egō efuteusa, egō ektillō. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

General Information:

The speaker speaks as if he were a woman. The woman is a metaphor for the city of Jerusalem, which in turn is a metonym for the people of Jerusalem. (See also: figs-metonymy)

(Occurrence 0) he has driven me into confusion