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Lexicon :: Strong's H8064 - šāmayim

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שָׁמַיִם
Transliteration
šāmayim
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'-yim
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be lofty
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2407a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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 revolve):—air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 420x

The KJV translates Strong's H8064 in the following manner: heaven (398x), air (21x), astrologers (with H1895) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 420x
The KJV translates Strong's H8064 in the following manner: heaven (398x), air (21x), astrologers (with H1895) (1x).

  1. heaven, heavens, sky

    1. visible heavens, sky

      1. as abode of the stars

      2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

    2. Heaven (as the abode of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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 revolve):—air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).
STRONGS H8064: Abbreviations
[שָׁמַי] noun masculineDeuteronomy 33:28 only plural שָׁמַ֫יִם 421 (Sta§324 a) heavens, sky (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šamû plural šamê, šamûtu, also šamâmu, compare Phoenician שמם; Sabean סמה HomChr 46, 124; Arabic سَمَآءً Ethiopic ለማይ፡ Aramaic שְׁמַיָּא axYmw; Palmyrene, Nabataean שמ(י)ן in proper name (compounded with בעל) Lzb153 GACooke45; on plural form see BaZMG xiii (1888), 341 f.); — absolute שׁ׳ Genesis 1:1 +, מָ֑יִם - Genesis 2:4 +; הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Exodus 9:8 +; construct שְׁמֵי Deuteronomy 10:14 + 9 times; suffix שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4 + 2 times, שָׁמָיו Deuteronomy 33:28, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19, with verb plural, Hosea 2:23; —
1.
a. visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are Judges 5:20; Genesis 15:5 (J), Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:14, 15, 17 (P), hence כּוֺכְבֵי הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 22:17 (JE) = + 9 times (usually as countless), (כָּלֿ) צְבָא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 4:19; Jeremiah 8:2 + (צ׳1c; rarely of angels, צ׳1b; before which fowl fly Genesis 1:20 (P), compare Deuteronomy 4:17; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 30:19, עוֺף הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 2:19 (J), Genesis 1:19 (P) + (עוֺף 1), שׁ׳ צִפֹּר † Psalm 8:9, נִשְׁרֵי שׁ׳ † Lamentations 4:19; as רָקִיע (which see) Genesis 1:8 (P), Psalm 19:2, with waters beneath and above Genesis 1:9 (P, compare Genesis 1:7), Psalm 148:4, darkened with clouds 1 Kings 18:45, cleared by wind Job 26:13; whence comes rain Genesis 8:2 (J), Judges 5:4; Deuteronomy 11:11 +, and dew Genesis 27:28 (J), Genesis 27:39 (E), Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem) +. compare בִּרְכֹת שׁ׳ † Genesis 49:25 (poem in J), מֶגֶר שׁ׳ † Deuteronomy 33:13 (poem), but also (destructive) fire 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); Job 1:16 + (see also 2a below); הֹבְרֵישׁ׳ Isaiah 47:13, i.e. astrologers, compare אוֺתוֺתהַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 10:2; as high Genesis 11:4 (J), Amos 9:2 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל), Genesis 11:6 (opposed to אֶרֶץ) +, עַדלֵֿב הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 4:11;as over all the earth, תַּחַת (כָּלֿ)הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:19 (both P), Deuteronomy 2:25; Ecclesiastes 1:13 מִתַּחַת וגו׳ (of extermination) Exodus 17:14 (E), Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 9:14 +; specifically of Israel, שָׁמֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:23, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19 (H); וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ בֵּין הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 18:9 (hung from tree), 1 Chronicles 21:16 (of angel), compare Ezekiel 8:3 (Ezekiel in vision), Zechariah 5:9 (flying ephah); וְעַדקְֿצֵה מִקְּצֵה הַשּׁ׳ הַשּׁ׳ of limits of horizon Deuteronomy 4:32, compare Deuteronomy 30:4; Nehemiah 1:9; Psalm 19:7 as made by God Jeremiah 51:15 (opposed to תֵּבֵל), Psalm 8:4 — Deuteronomy 11:21; Job 14:12; Psalm 89:30; especiallyוְ(הָ)אָרֶץ (הַ)שּׁ׳ = universe (compare in Sabean, SabDenkmNo.41.42, l.3) Deuteronomy 3:24 Genesis 1:1 (P) + (especially Deuteronomy, Isa2, Psalms), + הַיָם Exodus 20:11; Haggai 2:6, etc., + מַיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ Exodus 20:4= Deuteronomy 5:8,.compare Proverbs 30:4, etc.; opposed to תְּהוֺם Proverbs 8:27 (+ אֶרֶץ Proverbs 8:29) חֲרָשִׁים וְהָאָרֶץ חֲרָשָׁה שׁ׳ as part of future glory Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22.
b. phrases are: אֲרֻבּוֺת הַשּׁ׳ (letting rain through) †Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (P), Malachi 3:10 (figurative), compare בַּשּׁ׳ א׳ הֲיַעֲשֶׂה י׳ 2 Kings 7:2, 19, so דַּלְתֵי שׁ׳ † Psalm 78:23 (for manna), compare דְָּגַן שׁ׳, Psalm 78:24, לֶחֶם שׁ׳ † Psalm 105:40; מוֺסְדוֺת הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 22:8 (|| הָאָרֶץ; in || Psalm 18:8 חָרִים מ׳), עַמּוּרֵי שׁ׳ Job 26:11, חוּג שׁ׳ Job 22:14; towards the sky is הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Joshua 8:20(J), Exodus 9:8, 10 (P), Job 2:12; Judges 13:20; Judges 20:40; 2 Chronicles 6:13; עַלהַֿשָּׁמַיִם Exodus 9:22, 23; Exodus 10:21, 22(all E), אֶלשֿׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:40 (poem), Daniel 12:7, שׁ׳ alone 1 Kings 8:22, 54; Job 35:5; Proverbs 23:5.
2.
a. as abode of God (י׳) 1 Kings 8:30, 32 — Psalm 2:3; Isaiah 66:1, etc., compare רֹכֵבשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 33:26(poem), Psalm 68:34, whence he rains brimstone Genesis 19:24 (J), bread Exodus 16:4 (E), compare Nehemiah 9:15, casts hailstones Joshua 11:11 (E), talks with Israel Exodus 20:22 (E; Gi Exodus 20:19) +, compare Genesis 21:17; Genesis 22:11, 15 (E), looks down Deuteronomy 26:15 +, hears his people Psalm 20:7+ 10 times Chronicles, etc.; he thunders בַּשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalm 18:14,|| מִןשֿׁ׳ 2 Samuel 22:14; he bends (נטה) שׁ׳ to come down 2 Samuel 22:10= Psalm 18:10, compare Psalm 144:5 and (rend) Isaiah 63:19; נִמְּתְּחוּ הַשּׁ׳ Ezekiel 1:1 in vision of God, compare שַׁעַר הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 28:17 (E; + בֵּית אֱלֹהִים); though even שְׁמֵי הַשּׁ׳ the highest heuvens cannot hold him Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18, 2 Chronicles 2:5; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:4, שְׁמֵי שְׁמֵיקֶֿדֶם Psalm 68:34; he is called אֱלֹהֵי הַשּׁ׳ (post-exilic title) Ezra 1:2 2 Chronicles 36:23; + 11 times Ezra Nehemiah; Jonah 1:9 (compare Aramaic, Daniel 2:18, 19, 37, 44; in Genesis 24:7 add with Greek Version of the LXX וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ, as Genesis 24:3), אֵלהַֿשׁ׳ Psalm 136:26; his sword is בַּשׁ׳ Isaiah 34:5, but also his חֶסֶד Psalm 36:6, צֶדֶק Psalm 85:12, אֱמוּנָח Psalm 89:3, his word fixed Psalm 119:89. — שׁ׳ are † שָׁמָיו (of Israel) Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), † שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19; † שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4; Psalm 144:5, שְׁמֵי י׳ Lamentations 3:66, † קָדְשׁוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 20:7.
†b. Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind 2 Kings 2:1, compare 2 Kings 2:11.
3. הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:12; Job 15:15; Psalm 19:2; Psalm 50:6 = Psalm 97:6; Psalm 89:6; Psalm 148:4.
†4. מְלֶכֶת הַשּׁ׳ see מ׳.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8065.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 1:1; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:14; 1:15; 1:17; 1:19; 1:20; 2:4; 2:19; 6:17; 7:11; 7:19; 8:2; 8:2; 11:4; 11:6; 15:5; 19:24; 21:17; 22:11; 22:15; 22:17; 24:3; 24:7; 27:28; 27:39; 28:17; 49:25

Exodus

9:8; 9:8; 9:10; 9:22; 9:23; 10:21; 10:22; 16:4; 17:14; 20:4; 20:11; 20:19; 20:22

Leviticus

26:19; 26:19; 26:19

Deuteronomy

2:25; 3:24; 4:11; 4:17; 4:19; 4:19; 4:32; 5:8; 7:24; 9:14; 10:14; 10:14; 11:11; 11:21; 26:15; 28:23; 30:4; 32:40; 33:13; 33:26; 33:28; 33:28; 33:28; 33:28

Joshua

8:20; 11:11

Judges

5:4; 5:20; 13:20; 20:40

1 Samuel

2:10

2 Samuel

18:9; 22:8; 22:10; 22:14

1 Kings

8:22; 8:27; 8:30; 8:32; 8:54; 18:45

2 Kings

1:10; 2:1; 2:11; 7:2; 7:19

1 Chronicles

21:16

2 Chronicles

2:5; 6:13; 6:18; 36:23

Ezra

1:2

Nehemiah

1:9; 9:6; 9:15

Job

1:16; 2:12; 14:12; 15:15; 22:14; 26:11; 26:13; 35:5

Psalms

2:3; 8:4; 8:4; 8:4; 8:9; 18:8; 18:10; 18:14; 19:2; 19:2; 19:7; 20:7; 20:7; 36:6; 50:6; 68:34; 68:34; 78:23; 78:24; 85:12; 89:3; 89:6; 89:30; 97:6; 105:40; 119:89; 136:26; 144:5; 144:5; 148:4; 148:4; 148:4

Proverbs

8:27; 8:29; 23:5; 30:4; 30:19

Ecclesiastes

1:13

Isaiah

1:2; 34:5; 47:13; 63:19; 65:17; 66:1; 66:22

Jeremiah

2:12; 8:2; 8:7; 10:2; 51:15

Lamentations

3:66; 4:19

Ezekiel

1:1; 8:3

Daniel

2:18; 2:19; 2:37; 2:44; 12:7

Hosea

2:23

Amos

9:2

Jonah

1:9

Haggai

2:6

Zechariah

5:9

Malachi

3:10

H8064

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Strong's Number H8064 matches the Hebrew שָׁמַיִם (šāmayim),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:12 -

“Be appalled at this, you heavens H8064,

And shudder, be very desolate,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 -

I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a [fn]formless and desolate emptiness;

And to the heavens H8064, and they had no light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:25 -

I looked, and behold, there was no human,

And all the birds of the sky H8064 had fled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 -

“For this the earth will mourn,

And the heavens H8064 above will become dark,

Because I have spoken, I have purposed,

And I have not [fn]changed My mind, nor will I turn from it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The [fn]children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven H8064; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - “The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky H8064 and for the animals of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - “They will spread them out to the sun, the moon, and to all the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights, which they have loved, which they have served, which they have followed, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7 -

“Even the stork in the sky H8064

Knows her seasons;

And the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane

Keep to the time of their [fn]migration;

But My people do not know

The judgment of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 -

“I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,

And for the pastures of the wilderness a song of mourning,

Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through,

And the sound of the livestock is not heard;

Both the birds of the sky H8064 and the animals have fled; they are gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - This is what the LORD says:

“Do not learn the way of the nations,

And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens H8064,

Although the nations are terrified by them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 -

It is He who made the earth by His power,

Who established the world by His wisdom;

And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens H8064.

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When He utters His voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens H8064,

And He makes the clouds ascend from the end of the earth;

He makes lightning for the rain,

And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22

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Are there any among the [fn]idols of the nations who give rain?

Or can the heavens H8064 grant showers?

Is it not You, LORD our God?

Therefore we wait for You,

For You are the one who has done all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 -

“And I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the LORD: “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky H8064 and the animals of the earth to devour and destroy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - “They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be mourned or buried; they will be like dung on the surface of the ground. And they will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the sky H8064 and for the animals of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “And I will frustrate the planning of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will make their carcasses food for the birds of the sky H8064 and the animals of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - “The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth, because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned [fn]sacrifices to all the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:24 -

“Can a person hide himself in hiding places

So that I do not see him?” declares the LORD.

“Do I not fill the heavens H8064 and the earth?” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 -

This is what the LORD says:

“If the heavens H8064 above can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also reject all the descendants of Israel

For everything that they have done,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - ‘Oh, Lord [fn]GOD! Behold, You Yourself have made the heavens H8064 and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - ‘As the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the [fn]descendants of My servant David and the Levites who serve Me.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:25 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘If My covenant for day and night does not continue, and I have not established the [fn]fixed patterns of heaven H8064 and earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky H8064 and the animals of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - “But we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, [fn]by burning [fn]sacrifices to the queen of heaven H8064 and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of [fn]food and were well off and saw no [fn]misfortune.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - “But since we stopped burning [fn]sacrifices to the queen of heaven H8064 and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and have met our end by the sword and by famine.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - “And,” said the women, “when we were burning [fn]sacrifices to the queen of heaven H8064 and [fn]pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes [fn]in her image, and poured out drink offerings to her?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - “This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel [fn]says: ‘As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, “We will certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn [fn]sacrifices to the queen of heaven H8064 and pour out drink offerings to her.” By all means fulfill your vows, and be sure to perform your vows!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 -

‘I will bring upon Elam the four winds

From the four ends of heaven H8064,

And will scatter them to all these winds;

And there will be no nation

To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 -

We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;

Abandon her and let’s each go to his own country,

For her judgment has reached to heaven H8064

And it rises to the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 -

It is He who made the earth by His power,

Who established the world by His wisdom,

And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens H8064.

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When He utters His voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens H8064,

And He makes the clouds ascend from the end of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

And brings out wind from His storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48

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“Then heaven H8064 and earth and everything that is in them

Will shout for joy over Babylon,

Because the destroyers will come to her from the north,”

Declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53

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“Though Babylon ascends to the heavens H8064,

And though she fortifies [fn]her lofty stronghold,

Destroyers will come from Me to her,” declares the LORD.

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