What Does Jeremiah 51:36 Mean?

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

properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

“Therefore thus saith”

to say (used with great latitude)

“the LORD”

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

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold I will plead”

properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“thy cause”

a contest (personal or legal)

“and take vengeance”

to grudge, i.e., avenge or punish

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“for thee”

avengement, whether the act of the passion

“and I will dry up”

to parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“her sea”

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif

“dry”

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and make her springs”

properly, something dug, i.e., a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda);