Jeremiah 51:7
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Berean Study Bible
Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

Young's Literal Translation
A golden cup [is] Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.

King James Bible
Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

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

was a gold
זָהָ֤ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

cup
כּוֹס־ (kō·ws-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3563: A cup, a lot, some unclean bird, an owl

in the hand
בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

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

making the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

earth
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

drunk.
מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת (mə·šak·ke·reṯ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7937: To become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence

The nations
גוֹיִ֔ם (ḡō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

drank
שָׁת֣וּ (šā·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

her wine;
מִיֵּינָהּ֙ (mî·yê·nāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication

therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the nations
גוֹיִֽם׃ (ḡō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

have gone mad.
יִתְהֹלְל֥וּ (yiṯ·hō·lə·lū)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1984: To shine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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