King James Version
Jeremiah 51:50 in the King James Version says “Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your m...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”
Jeremiah 51:50 · KJV
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.
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. As: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etc the earth: or, the country
Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“go away”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“stand not still”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
“afar off”
H7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and let Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
“come”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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