What Does Jeremiah 51:9 Mean?

“We would have healed”

properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure

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

“Babylon”

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

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

“We would have healed”

properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure

“forsake”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“every one”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“into his own country”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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

“reacheth”

properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“for her judgment”

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

“and is lifted up”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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

“even to the skies”

a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament