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Lexicon :: Strong's H1471 - gôy

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גּוֹי
Transliteration
gôy
Pronunciation
go'-ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (H1465)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 326e

Strong’s Definitions

גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x

The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x
The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).
masculine noun

  1. nation, people

    1. nation, people

      1. usually of non-Hebrew people

      2. of descendants of Abraham

      3. of Israel

    2. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)

      proper masculine noun

    3. Goyim? = "nations"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
STRONGS H1471: Abbreviations
גּוֺי 561 noun masculineGenesis 12:2 nation, people (Late Hebrew id. Gentiles, Phoenician גו community, axvfg, Sabean גו id., DHMZMG 1883, 348) — ג׳ Genesis 12:2 121 times; suffix 1st person singular גּוֺיִ Zephaniah 2:9, גּוֺיֶ֑ךָ Psalm 106:5, גּוֺיֵךְ Kt Ezekiel 36:13, 14, 15 (Qr wrongly גּוֺיַיִךְ compare Co, who strike out Ezekiel 36:15); plural גּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 410 times + Qr Genesis 25:23; Psalm 79:10 (Kt גיים) + 6 times Ezekiel (variant reading emended Co); construct גּוֺיֵי Genesis 18:18 + 8 times, גּוֺיֵ 2 Chronicles 32:13; Ezra 6:21 (compare Baer's notes); suffix גּוֺיֵהֶם Genesis 10:5, 20, 31, 32; —
1. nation, people Genesis 10:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:20, 31, 32 (twice in verse) (all P) +; Isaiah 2:2, 4 (twice in verse) = Micah 4:2, 3(twice in verse); Job 12:23 (twice in verse); Job 34:29; Proverbs 14:34; כֹּל גּוֺיֵי הָאָרֶץ Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 (all J); Deuteronomy 28:1.
a. specifically of descendants of Abraham, גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 12:2; compare Genesis 18:18 (both J), גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:6, הֲמוֺן גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:4, 15 (all P); of Sarah גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:16 (P); of Ishmael גּוֺי Genesis 21:13, גָּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 21:18 (both E), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 17:20 (P); of Jacob גּוֺי וּקְהַל גּוֺיִם Genesis 35:11 (P), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 46:3 (E); of Ephraim מְלֹא הַגּ׳ Genesis 48:19 (J); of Moses גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Exodus 32:10 (J) compare Numbers 14:12 (J) Deuteronomy 9:14; of Jacob and Esau as two nations Genesis 25:23 (J).
b. definitely of Israel Exodus 19:6 (קָדוֺשׁ גּ׳) Exodus 33:13 (both J E), Deuteronomy 4:6 (הַגּוֺי הַגָּדוֺל הַזֶּה, said by heathen compare Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:8) see also Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 26:5 compare Psalm 33:12; Psalm 83:5 (said by enemies) Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:24; Ezekiel 37:22; in narrative Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:1; Joshua 5:8 (JE), Joshua 5:6 (D), Joshua 10:13 (in poetry, no article); of Israel and Judah as two nations Ezekiel 35:10 (said by heathen) Ezekiel 37:22; of Judah Isaiah 26:2, 15 (twice in verse); compare Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 60:22; Micah 4:7; once my people Zephaniah 2:9 (|| עַם); thy people Psalm 106:5 (i.e. of י׳), compare also Ezekiel 36:13, 14 (read Kt); especially of Israel and (or) Judah as sinful, rebellious Deuteronomy 32:28; Judges 2:20; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 10:6; Jeremiah 5:9, 29; Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 9:8; Jeremiah 12:17; Ezekiel 2:3 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Haggai 2:14; Malachi 3:9. — Note. This definite reference to Israel and (or) Judah is comparatively rare; in Hexateuch not P (yet see Genesis 17:4, 5, 6, 16; Genesis 35:11 P); seldom in exile & post-exile prophets; not Chronicles —
c. usually of non-Hebrew peoples Exodus 9:24; Exodus 34:10 (JE) Leviticus 25:44 (H) Numbers 14:15 (J) Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:17; 1 Chronicles 16:20; Isaiah 11:10, 12 + often; opposed to Israel as עם י׳ 2 Samuel 7:23; 1 Chronicles 17:21 (twice in verse) etc., see H5971 עם, compare also Numbers 23:9; note especially גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23 [Isaiah 9:1] circle or district of the nations (see H1551 גָּלִיל); also חֲרשֶׁת הַגּ׳ Judges 4:2, 13, 16 Charosheth of the nations, & מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל Joshua 12:23 king of nations (peoples, tribes) belonging to Gilgal (Greek Version of the LXX Di to the district, i.e 'Galilee'); especially of these peoples as heathen: idolatrous Leviticus 8:24, 28 (P) Leviticus 20:23 (H) 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 17:8, 11, 15, 26, 29 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 28:3; 32:13 +, Ezra 6:21; Ezekiel 5:6 +; hostile Genesis 15:14 (J) Leviticus 26:33, 38, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 9:4, 5; Deuteronomy 18:9; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Jeremiah 5:15; Ezekiel 4:13 — Jeremiah Ezekiel, etc.; in simile Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 25:8; sometimes || עַם Psalm 33:10; Psalm 33:12; Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 6:18, see also Isaiah 2:2, 4 compare with Micah 4:1, 3.
2. figurative of swarm of locusts Joel 1:6; of all species of beasts Zephaniah 2:14.
3. גּוֺיִם Genesis 14:1, 9 probably mutilated proper name see below.

גּוֺיִם proper name, of a people Genesis 14:1, 9, in phrase תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם Tid`al king of Goim; probably a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes Gutî a people northeast of Babylonia COT on Genesis 14:1; also KGF258and elsewhere; compare also DlPa 233 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31; 10:32; 10:32; 12:1; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 14:1; 14:1; 14:1; 14:9; 14:9; 15:14; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:15; 17:16; 17:16; 17:20; 18:18; 18:18; 18:18; 21:13; 21:18; 22:18; 25:23; 25:23; 26:4; 35:11; 35:11; 46:3; 48:19

Exodus

9:24; 19:6; 32:10; 33:13; 34:10

Leviticus

8:24; 8:28; 20:23; 25:44; 26:33; 26:38; 26:45

Numbers

14:12; 14:15; 23:9

Deuteronomy

4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 4:27; 4:34; 9:4; 9:5; 9:14; 15:6; 18:9; 26:5; 28:1; 32:28

Joshua

3:17; 4:1; 5:6; 5:8; 10:13; 12:23

Judges

2:20; 4:2; 4:13; 4:16

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

5:11; 14:24

2 Kings

17:8; 17:11; 17:15; 17:26; 17:29

1 Chronicles

14:17; 16:20; 16:35; 17:21

2 Chronicles

28:3; 32:13; 32:13

Ezra

6:21; 6:21

Job

12:23; 34:29

Psalms

33:10; 33:12; 33:12; 79:10; 83:5; 106:5; 106:5

Proverbs

14:34

Isaiah

1:4; 2:2; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 9:1; 10:6; 11:10; 11:10; 11:12; 26:2; 26:15; 58:2; 60:22

Jeremiah

5:9; 5:15; 5:29; 6:18; 7:28; 9:8; 12:17; 31:36; 33:24

Ezekiel

2:3; 4:13; 5:6; 20:32; 25:8; 35:10; 36:13; 36:13; 36:14; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15; 37:22; 37:22

Joel

1:6

Micah

4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:3; 4:7

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:9; 2:14

Haggai

2:14

Malachi

3:9

H1471

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Strong's Number H1471 matches the Hebrew גּוֹי (gôy),
which occurs 567 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 7 / 11 (Jer 16:19–Jer 51:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength and my stronghold,
And my refuge in the day of distress,
To You the nations H1471 will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood,
Futility and [fn]things of no profit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:7 - “At one moment I might speak concerning a nation H1471 or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8 - if that nation H1471 against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will [fn]relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:9 - “Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation H1471 or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 - “Therefore thus says the LORD,
‘Ask now among the nations, H1471
Who ever heard the like of [fn]this?
The virgin of Israel
Has done a most appalling thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:8 - “Many nations H1471 will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations H1471 round about; and I will [fn]utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:11 - ‘This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations H1471 will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 - ‘Then it will be when seventy years are completed I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ H1471 declares the LORD, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - ‘I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:14 - ‘([fn]For many nations H1471 and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - For thus the LORD, the God of Israel, says to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations H1471 to whom I send you to drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 - Then I took the cup from the LORD’S hand and made all the nations H1471 to whom the LORD sent me drink it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - ‘A clamor has come to the end of the earth,
Because the LORD has a controversy with the nations. H1471
He is entering into judgment with all flesh;
As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:32 - Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“Behold, evil is going forth
From nation H1471 to nation, H1471
And a great storm is being stirred up
From the remotest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:6 - then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations H1471 of the earth.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:7 - “All the nations H1471 shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations H1471 and great kings will [fn]make him their servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - “It will be, that the nation H1471 or the kingdom which will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation H1471 with the sword, with famine and with pestilence,” declares the LORD, “until I have destroyed [fn]it by his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - “But the nation H1471 which will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let remain on its land,” declares the LORD, “and they will till it and dwell in it.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:13 - “Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine and pestilence, as the LORD has spoken to that nation H1471 which will not serve the king of Babylon?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Even so will I break within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’” H1471 Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - ‘For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, H1471 that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will serve him. And I have also given him the beasts of the field.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:14 - ‘I will be found by you,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will restore your [fn]fortunes and will gather you from all the nations H1471 and from all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - ‘I will pursue them with the sword, with famine and with pestilence; and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a horror and a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations H1471 where I have driven them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - ‘For I am with you,’ declares the LORD, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy completely all the nations H1471 where I have scattered you,
Only I will not destroy you completely.
But I will chasten you justly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 - For thus says the LORD,
“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the [fn]chief of the nations; H1471
Proclaim, give praise and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, H1471
And declare in the coastlands afar off,
And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him
And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36 - “If [fn]this fixed order departs
From before Me,” declares the LORD,
“Then the offspring of Israel also will cease
From being a nation H1471 before Me [fn]forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:9 - ‘[fn]It will be to Me a name of joy, praise and glory before all the nations H1471 of the earth which will hear of all the good that I do for them, and they will fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:24 - “Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the LORD chose, He has rejected them’? Thus they despise My people, no longer are they as a nation H1471 [fn]in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - “Take a [fn]scroll and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, H1471 from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:5 - But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [fn]commanders of the forces took the entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations H1471 to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning [fn]sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations H1471 of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:1 - That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:12 - The nations H1471 have heard of your shame,
And the earth is full of your cry of distress;
For one warrior has stumbled over [fn]another,
And both of them have fallen down together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - “O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the LORD,
“For I am with you.
For I will make a full end of all the nations H1471
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will not make a full end of you;
But I will correct you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2 - “There is praise for Moab no longer;
In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her:
‘Come and let us cut her off from being a nation!’ H1471
You too, [fn]Madmen, will be silenced;
The sword will follow after you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 - I have heard a message from the LORD,
And an envoy is sent among the nations, H1471 saying,
“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 - “For behold, I have made you small among the nations, H1471
Despised among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 - “Arise, go up against a nation H1471 which is at ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the LORD.
“It has no gates or bars;
They dwell alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - ‘I will bring upon Elam the four winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And will scatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation H1471
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - “Declare and proclaim among the nations. H1471
Proclaim it and lift up a standard.
Do not conceal it but say,
‘Babylon has been captured,
Bel has been put to shame, [fn]Marduk has been [fn]shattered;
Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 - “For a nation H1471 has come up against her out of the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - “For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon
A horde of great nations H1471 from the land of the north,
And they will draw up their battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like [fn]an expert warrior
Who does not return empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:12 - Your mother [fn]will be greatly ashamed,
She who gave you birth [fn]will be humiliated.
Behold, she will be the least of the nations, H1471
A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:23 - “How the hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations! H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:41 - “Behold, a people is coming from the north,
And a great nation H1471 and many kings
Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46 - At the [fn]shout, “Babylon has been seized!” the earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the LORD,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The nations H1471 have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations H1471 are going mad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:20 - He says, “You are My [fn]war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations, H1471
And with you I destroy kingdoms.

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