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OET-LV thus YHWH he_says hosts the_walls_of Bāⱱel the_broad utterly_(laid_bare) it_will_be_laid_bare and_gates_of_her the_high in/on/at/with_fire they_will_be_kindled and_exhaust peoples in/on/at/with_sake_of emptiness and_nations in/on/at/with_sake_of fire and_weary.
UHB כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת חֹ֠מוֹת בָּבֶ֤ל הָֽרְחָבָה֙ עַרְעֵ֣ר תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים בָּאֵ֣שׁ יִצַּ֑תּוּ וְיִֽגְע֨וּ עַמִּ֧ים בְּדֵי־רִ֛יק וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים בְּדֵי־אֵ֖שׁ וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ס ‡
(koh-ʼāmar yhwh ʦəⱱāʼōt ḩomōt bāⱱel hārəḩāⱱāh ˊarˊēr titˊarˊār ūshəˊāreyhā haggəⱱohim bāʼēsh yiʦʦattū vəyigˊū ˊammim bədēy-riq ūləʼummim bədēy-ʼēsh vəyāˊēfū.§)
Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX No BrLXX JER 51:58 verse available
BrTr No BrTr JER 51:58 verse available
ULT Yahweh of hosts says this: The thick walls of Babylon will be completely demolished,
⇔ and her high gates will be burned.
⇔ Then the peoples coming to her aid will labor uselessly; everything that the nations try to do for her will be burned up.”
UST Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, also says,
⇔ “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground.
⇔ The city gates will be burned.
⇔ People from other countries will work hard to save the city,
⇔ but it will be in vain,
⇔ because everything that they have built will be destroyed by fire.”
BSB This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
MSB (Same as above)
OEB ¶ Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts:
⇔ Babylon’s broad wall shall be razed to the ground,
⇔ And her towering gates in the fire shall be burned:
⇔ Thus endeth the toil of the peoples in nothing,
⇔ The labour of nations is doomed to the flames.
WEBBE The LORD of Armies says:
⇔ “The wide walls of Babylon will be utterly overthrown.
⇔ Her high gates will be burnt with fire.
⇔ The peoples will labour for vanity,
⇔ and the nations for the fire;
⇔ and they will be weary.”
WMBB The LORD of Hosts says:
⇔ “The wide walls of Babylon will be utterly overthrown.
⇔ Her high gates will be burnt with fire.
⇔ The peoples will labour for vanity,
⇔ and the nations for the fire;
⇔ and they will be weary.”
NET This is what the Lord who rules over all says,
⇔ “Babylon’s thick wall will be completely demolished.
⇔ Her high gates will be set on fire.
⇔ The peoples strive for what does not satisfy.
⇔ The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.”
LSV Thus said YHWH of Hosts: The wall of Babylon—The broad one—is made utterly bare,
And her high gates are burned with fire,
And peoples labor in vain,
And nations in fire, and have been weary!”
FBV This is what the Lord Almighty says: Babylon's massive walls will be knocked down to the ground and her high gates burned. All that the people worked for will be for nothing; other nations who came to help will wear themselves out, only to see what they've done go up in flames.
T4T Yahweh also says,
⇔ “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground.
⇔ The city gates will be burned.
⇔ People from other countries will work hard to save the city,
⇔ but it will be ◄in vain/useless►,
⇔ because everything that they have built will be destroyed by fire.”
LEB No LEB JER book available
BBE 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.
Moff No Moff JER book available
JPS Thus saith the LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labour for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
ASV Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
DRA Thus saith the Lord of hosts: That broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the labours of the people shall come to nothing, and of the nations shall go to the fire, and shall perish.
YLT Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon — The broad one — is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!
Drby Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary.
RV Thus saith the LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labour for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
(Thus saith/says the LORD of hosts/armies: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; and the peoples shall labour for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary. )
SLT Thus said Jehovah of armies: The broad walls of Babel being demolished, shall be demolished, and her high gates shall be burnt in fire; the peoples shall labor in vain, the nations for the fire, and they shall be weary.
Wbstr Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labor in vain, and the people in the fire, and they shall be weary.
KJB-1769 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.[fn][fn]
(Thus saith/says the LORD of hosts/armies; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. )
KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The broad walles of Babylon shalbe vtterly broken, and her high gates shal be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vaine, and the folke in the fire, and they shall be weary.
(Thus saith/says the LORD of hosts/armies, The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk/people in the fire, and they shall be weary.)
Bshps No Bshps JER book available
Gnva Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The thicke wall of Babel shalbe broken, and her hie gates shall be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vaine, and the folke in ye fire, for they shalbe weary.
(Thus saith/says the Lord of hosts/armies, The thick wall of Babel shall be broken, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk/people in ye/you_all fire, for they shall be weary. )
Cvdl No Cvdl JER book available
Wycl No Wycl JER book available
Luth No Luth JER book available
ClVg Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Murus Babylonis ille latissimus suffossione suffodietur, et portæ ejus excelsæ igni comburentur, et labores populorum ad nihilum, et gentium in ignem erunt, et disperibunt.]
(This he_says Master hosts/soldiers: Murus Babylonis he latissimus suffossione suffodietur, and gates his excelsæ fire comburentur, and with_hard_works of_the_peoples to nothing, and nations in/into/on fire they_will_be, and disperibunt.] )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JER book available
(Occurrence 0) Yahweh of hosts says this
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers wall_of Bāⱱel the,broad to_level she_will_be_levelled and,gates_of,her the,high in/on/at/with,fire burned and,exhaust peoples in/on/at/with,sake_of nothing and,nations in/on/at/with,sake_of fire and,weary )
Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 6:6](../06/06.md).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) The thick walls of Babylon will be completely demolished
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers wall_of Bāⱱel the,broad to_level she_will_be_levelled and,gates_of,her the,high in/on/at/with,fire burned and,exhaust peoples in/on/at/with,sake_of nothing and,nations in/on/at/with,sake_of fire and,weary )
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: “The invaders willl completely demolish the thick walls of Babylon”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) her high gates … her aid … for her
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers wall_of Bāⱱel the,broad to_level she_will_be_levelled and,gates_of,her the,high in/on/at/with,fire burned and,exhaust peoples in/on/at/with,sake_of nothing and,nations in/on/at/with,sake_of fire and,weary )
The city of Babylon is spoken of as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: “their high gates … their aid … for them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) her high gates will be burned
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers wall_of Bāⱱel the,broad to_level she_will_be_levelled and,gates_of,her the,high in/on/at/with,fire burned and,exhaust peoples in/on/at/with,sake_of nothing and,nations in/on/at/with,sake_of fire and,weary )
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: “they will burn her high gates”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) everything … will be burned up
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers wall_of Bāⱱel the,broad to_level she_will_be_levelled and,gates_of,her the,high in/on/at/with,fire burned and,exhaust peoples in/on/at/with,sake_of nothing and,nations in/on/at/with,sake_of fire and,weary )
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: “they will burn up everything that the nations try to do for her”