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Jeremiah 51:35

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51:35The person who lives in Zion says,

“May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.”

Jerusalem says,

“May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.”79

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Footnotes

  1. 79 Heb “ ‘The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,’ says the one living in Zion. ‘My blood be upon those living in Chaldea,’ says Jerusalem.” For the usage of the genitive here in the phrase “violence done to me and my relatives” see §128.a (a construct governing two objects) and §16.4d (an objective genitive). For the nuance of “pay” in the sense of retribution see 756 עַל 7.a(b) and compare the usage in Judg 9:24. For the use of שְׁאֵר (shé’er) in the sense of “relatives” see 985 שְׁאֵר 2 and compare . For the use of “blood” in this idiom see 197 דָּם 2.k and compare the usage in 2 Sam 4:11; Ezek 3:18, 20. The lines have been reversed for better English style.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,”

let the inhabitant of Zion say.

“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”

let Jerusalem say.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May the violence done to our flesh be on Babylon,”

say the inhabitants of Zion.

“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”

says Jerusalem.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let the violence done to me and my family be done to Babylon,”

says the inhabitant of Zion.

“Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,”

says Jerusalem.

NLTNew Living Translation

Make Babylon suffer as she made us suffer,”

say the people of Zion.

“Make the people of Babylonia pay for spilling our blood,”

says Jerusalem.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“May the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon,”

the inhabitants of Zion will say;

and “My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”

Jerusalem will say.

KJV 1900King James Version

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,

Shall the inhabitant of Zion say;

And my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,

Shall Jerusalem say.