What Does Jeremiah 51:62 Mean?

“Then shalt thou say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“O LORD”

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

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“thou hast spoken”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

near, with or among; often in general, to

“against this place”

properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“to cut it off”

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt

properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“that none shall remain”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

“in it neither man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“nor beast”

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“but that it shall be desolate”

devastation; figuratively, astonishment

“for ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)