jeremiah 51:53 though babylon should mount up to heaven and though she should fortify the height of her strength yet from me shall spoilers come unto her saith the lord

Jeremiah 51:53

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the LORD.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the hight of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come to her, saith the LORD.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Though Babylon should mount up to the heavens, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith Jehovah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Though Babylon should mount, the heavens, And though she should fortify her strong high-place, From me, should come spoilers unto her, Declareth Yahweh.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Though Babel should mount vp to heauen, and though shee should defend her strength on hye, yet from mee shall her destroyers come, sayth the Lord.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Though Babylon should mount vp to heauen, and though shee should fortifie the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come vnto her, saith the LORD.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should set her fortifications in the heights, yet spoilers shall come from me upon her, says the LORD.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For though Babylon should go up as the heaven, and though she should strengthen her walls with her power, from me shall come they that shall destroy her, saith the Lord.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Though Bavel should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith Yahweh.

Though x3588

(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}

A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.

Bävel בָּבֶל 894

{0894} Prime
בָּבֶל
Babel
{baw-bel'}

From H1101; confusion; Babel (that is, Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.

should mount up 5927

{5927} Prime
עָלָה
`alah
{aw-law'}

A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or active (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

to heaven, 8064

{8064} Prime
שָׁמַיִם
shamayim
{shaw-mah'-yim}

The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve).

and though x3588

(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}

she should fortify 1219

{1219} Prime
בָּצַר
batsar
{baw-tsar'}

A primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from H1210) to gather grapes; also to be isolated (that is, inaccessible by height or fortification).

z8762

<8762> Grammar

Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447

the height 4791

{4791} Prime
מָרוֹם
marowm
{maw-rome'}

From H7311; altitude, that is, concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation), fig (elation), or adverbial (aloft).

of her strength, 5797

{5797} Prime
עֹז
`oz
{oze}

From H5810; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise).

[yet] y227

[0227] Standard
אָז
'az
{awz}

A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjugation, therefore.

from x4480

(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}

For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.

x854

(0854) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}

Probably from H0579; properly nearness (used only as a preposition or adverb), near; hence generally with, by, at, among, etc.

me shall spoilers 7703

{7703} Prime
שָׁדַד
shadad
{shaw-dad'}

A primitive root; properly to be burly, that is, (figuratively) powerful (passively impregnable); by implication to ravage.

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

come 935

{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}

A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

unto her, saith 5002

{5002} Prime
נְאֻם
n@'um
{neh-oom'}

From H5001; an oracle.

z8803

<8803> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815)
Count - 1415

Yähwè יָהוֶה. 3068

{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}

From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.

Jeremiah 51:53

_ _ We are not to measure God’s power by what seems to our perceptions natural or probable. Compare Obadiah 1:4 as to Edom (Amos 9:2).

See commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58.

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Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to ^(g) heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come to her, saith the LORD.

^(g) For the walls were two hundred feet high.

mount:
Jeremiah 51:25 Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah 51:58 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.
Jeremiah 49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Psalms 139:8-10 If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there]. ... Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! ... Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Isaiah 47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Isaiah 47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Ezekiel 31:9-11 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that [were] in the garden of God, envied him. ... I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
Daniel 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Amos 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Obadiah 1:3-4 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? ... Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

from:
Jeremiah 51:1-4 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; ... Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [they that are] thrust through in her streets.
Jeremiah 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah 51:48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that [is] therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:9-10 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. ... And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Jeremiah 50:25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this [is] the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 50:31-34 Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee. ... Their Redeemer [is] strong; the LORD of hosts [is] his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them.
Isaiah 10:6-7 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. ... Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Isaiah 13:2-5 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. ... They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isaiah 41:25 I have raised up [one] from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as [upon] morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Isaiah 45:1-5 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; ... I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Gn 11:4. Ps 139:8. Is 10:6; 13:2, 17; 14:12; 41:25; 45:1; 47:5, 7. Jr 49:16; 50:9, 21, 25, 31, 45; 51:1, 11, 25, 48, 58. Ezk 31:9. Dn 4:30. Am 9:4. Ob 1:3.