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Jeremiah 51

1 51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.

2 51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD, often by totally destroying them.

3 51:4 Or Chaldea

4 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians

a ver 28; S Isa 13:3; S 41:25

e ver 27; S Ps 20:5

m ver 27; Am 7:1; Na 3:15

e ver 57

f S ver 6,35; S Dt 32:41; S Jer 50:15; La 3:64

5 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35

o S Ge 8:4

q S ver 14

r S ver 11

s ver 48

w ver 43; S Isa 13:20

m ver 44; S Lev 18:25

o S ver 24; Ps 137:8

6 51:35 Or done to us and to our children

q ver 6; Jer 20:12; S Ro 12:19

y ver 57; S Jer 50:24

7 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.

f S ver 29,62; S Isa 13:20; Jer 2:6

g S Isa 21:9; S 46:1

h S ver 34

j ver 50

t ver 11; S Isa 41:25; S Jer 25:26

u ver 53,56

w ver 45

b ver 47

e S ver 48; S Job 15:21

8 51:54 Or Chaldeans

j S ver 48; S Job 15:21

m S ver 23

p S ver 39; Ps 76:5; S Jer 25:27

r S ver 44; S 2Ki 25:4; S Isa 15:1

t ver 64

d S ver 58

Jeremiah 52

1 52:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 17

2 52:7 Or the Jordan Valley

m S Jer 21:7; S 32:4

3 52:8 Or Chaldean; also in verse 14

s ver 26

4 52:15 Or the populace

j S Nu 4:7

5 52:21 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference

6 52:22 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters

r S ver 17; S Jer 27:19

w S ver 12