Jeremiah 51:58
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon—The broad one—is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!

King James Bible
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

Hebrew
This is what
כֹּֽה־ (kōh-)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

of Hosts
צְבָא֗וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

says:
אָמַ֞ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Babylon’s
בָּבֶ֤ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

thick
הָֽרְחָבָה֙ (hā·rə·ḥā·ḇāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7342: Wide, broad

walls
חֹ֠מוֹת (ḥō·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

will be leveled,
עַרְעֵ֣ר (‘ar·‘êr)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 6209: To bare, to demolish

and her high
הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים (hag·gə·ḇō·hîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1364: Elevated, powerful, arrogant

gates
וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ (ū·šə·‘ā·re·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

consumed
יִצַּ֑תּוּ (yiṣ·ṣat·tū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3341: To burn, set on fire, to desolate

by fire.
בָּאֵ֣שׁ (bā·’êš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

So the labor
וְיִֽגְע֨וּ (wə·yiḡ·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

of the people
עַמִּ֧ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

will be for nothing;
רִ֛יק (rîq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7385: Emptiness, a worthless thing, in vain

the nations
וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים (ū·lə·’um·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3816: A community

will exhaust themselves
וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ (wə·yā·‘ê·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3286: To be weary, faint

to fuel the flames.”
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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