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Jeremiah 50:26

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

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בֹּֽאוּbovto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, a commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…לָ֤הּlahtoלָ֤הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toמִקֵּץ֙miqetsfrom borderקֵץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from border”, the ordinary formH7093an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after[phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.פִּתְח֣וּpitchvopenפָּתַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “open”, a commandH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.מַאֲבֻסֶ֔יהָmaavuseyhastorehouseמַאֲבוּסnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “storehouse”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3965a granarystorehouse.סָלּ֥וּהָsaluhaexaltסָלַלverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “exalt”, a commandH5549to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.כְמוֹkhemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.עֲרֵמִ֖יםaremimsheafעָרֵםnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “sheaf”, the ordinary formH6194a heap; specifically, a sheafheap (of corn), sheaf.וְהַחֲרִימ֑וּהָvehacharimuhaand devoteחָרַםconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and devote”, a commandH2763to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nosemake accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).אַלalnotאַלparticle, 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.תְּהִיtehibeהָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָ֖הּlahtoלָ֖הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toשְׁאֵרִֽיתsheeritthat had escapedשְׁאֵרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “that had escaped”, the ordinary formH7611a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portionthat had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Come against her from every quarter, open her granaries, cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Come against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

Young’s Literal Translation

Come ye in to her from the extremity, Open ye her storehouses, Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, Let her have no remnant.

World English Bible

Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.

Darby Translation

Come ye against her from every quarter, open her storehouses; pile her up like sheaves, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

Douay-Rheims

Come ye against her from the uttermost borders: open that they may go forth that shall tread her down: take the stones out of the way, and make heaps, and destroy her: and let nothing of her be left.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)