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Jeremiah 51:51-53
New English Translation
Jeremiah 51:51-53
New English Translation
51 ‘We[a] are ashamed because we have been insulted.[b]
Our faces show our disgrace.[c]
For foreigners have invaded
the holy rooms[d] in the Lord’s temple.’
52 Yes, but the time will certainly come,”[e] says the Lord,[f]
“when I will punish her idols.
Throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan.
53 Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky[g]
and fortifies her elevated stronghold,[h]
I will send destroyers against her,”[i]
says the Lord.[j]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:51 sn The exiles lament the way they have been humiliated.
- Jeremiah 51:51 tn Heb “we have heard an insult.”
- Jeremiah 51:51 tn Heb “disgrace covers our face.”
- Jeremiah 51:51 tn Or “holy places, sanctuaries.”
- Jeremiah 51:52 tn Heb “that being so, look, days are approaching.” Here לָכֵן (lakhen) introduces the Lord’s response to the people’s lament (v. 51). It has the force of “yes, but” or “that may be true.” See Judg 11:8 and BDB 486-87 s.v. כֵּן 3.d.
- Jeremiah 51:52 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Or “ascends [into] heaven.” Note the use of the phrase in Deut 30:12; 2 Kgs 2:11; Amos 9:2.
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Heb “and even if she fortifies her strong, elevated place.”
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Heb “from me destroyers will go against her.”
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
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