What Does Jeremiah 50:45 Mean?

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

“Therefore hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“ye the counsel”

advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that he hath taken”

to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve

near, with or among; often in general, to

“against Babylon”

babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire

“and his purposes”

a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that he hath purposed”

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou

near, with or among; often in general, to

“against the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of the Chaldeans”

a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“shall draw them out”

to trail along

“Surely the least”

little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble

“of the flock”

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“desolate”

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“surely he shall make their habitation”

(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of god (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild