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Jeremiah 5:10

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.

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עֲל֤וּalvascend upעָלָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “ascend up”, a commandH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…בְשָׁרוֹתֶ֨יהָ֙vesharoteyhain singשָׁרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in sing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8284a fortification (literally or figuratively)sing (by mistake for H7891 (שִׁיר)), wall.וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּveshachetvand batterשָׁחַתconjunction, verb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and batter”, a commandH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).וְכָלָ֖הvekhalahand altogetherכָּלָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and altogether”, the ordinary formH3617a completion; adverb, completely; also destructionaltogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.אַֽלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תַּעֲשׂ֑וּtaasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “do”, a wish or indirect commandH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…הָסִ֨ירוּ֙hasirvturnסוּרverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “turn”, a commandH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…נְטִ֣ישׁוֹתֶ֔יהָnetishoteyhabattlementנְטִישָׁהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “battlement”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5189a tendril (as an offshoot)battlement, branch, plant.כִּ֛יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…ל֥וֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…לַיהוָ֖הlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).הֵֽמָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Go ye up into her rows, and destroy, but make not a full end; take away her shoots; for they are not the LORD'S.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s.

Young’s Literal Translation

Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they [are] not Jehovah's,

World English Bible

“Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not Yahweh’s.

Darby Translation

Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.

Douay-Rheims

Scale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord’s.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Go ye up into her rows, and destroy, but make not a full end; take away her shoots; for they are not the LORD'S.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses; for they are the Lord's.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνάβητε ἐπὶ τοὺς προμαχῶνας αὐτῆς, καὶ κατασκάψατε, συντέλειαν δὲ μὴ ποιήσητε· ὑπολίπεσθε τὰ ὑποστηρίγματα αὐτῆς, ὅτι τοῦ Κυρίου εἰσίν.