JEREMIAH 25:11

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”

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Jeremiah 25:11 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition
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And this הַזֹּ֔את This (often used adverb) And this
whole כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) whole
land הָאָ֣רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
shall be וְהָֽיְתָה֙ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) shall be
a desolation, לְחָרְבָּ֖ה Properly, drought, i.e., (by implication) a desolation desolation
and (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
an astonishment; לְשַׁמָּ֑ה Ruin; by implication, consternation astonishment
and these הָאֵ֛לֶּה These or those these
nations הַגּוֹיִ֥ם A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nations
shall serve וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc serve
the king מֶ֥לֶךְ A king king
of Babylon בָּבֶ֖ל Babel (i.e., Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire Babylon
seventy שִׁבְעִ֥ים Seventy seventy
years. שָׁנָֽה׃ A year (as a revolution of time) years

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  • 9  Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  • 10  Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

  • 11  And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

  • 12  And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

  • 13  And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.




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