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Lexicon :: Strong's H7999 - šālam

Aa
שָׁלַם
Transliteration
šālam
Pronunciation
shaw-lam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2401c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַם shâlam, shaw-lam'; a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications):—make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x

The KJV translates Strong's H7999 in the following manner: pay (19x), peace (11x), recompense (11x), reward (10x), render (9x), restore (8x), repay (7x), perform (7x), good (6x), end (4x), requite (4x), restitution (4x), finished (3x), again (3x), amends (1x), full (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x
The KJV translates Strong's H7999 in the following manner: pay (19x), peace (11x), recompense (11x), reward (10x), render (9x), restore (8x), repay (7x), perform (7x), good (6x), end (4x), requite (4x), restitution (4x), finished (3x), again (3x), amends (1x), full (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be at peace

      2. peaceful one (participle)

    2. (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make peace with

      2. to cause to be at peace

    4. (Hophal) to live in peace

  2. to be complete, be sound

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be complete, be finished, be ended

      2. to be sound, be uninjured

    2. (Piel)

      1. to complete, finish

      2. to make safe

      3. to make whole or good, restore, make compensation

      4. to make good, pay

      5. to requite, recompense, reward

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be performed

      2. to be repaid, be requited

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to complete, perform

      2. to make an end of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַם shâlam, shaw-lam'; a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications):—make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.
STRONGS H7999: Abbreviations
[שָׁלֵם] 103 verb be complete, sound (Late Hebrew id. (Jastr), Phoenician שלם Pi. complete, requite, especially in proper name, Lzb376 GACooke99, also 81, 111, etc.; Arabic bdb102201 be safe, secure, free from fault, II. make over, resign to, IV. resign or submit oneself, especially to God, whence participle Muslim, and infinitive Islām properly submission to God; Assyrian šalâmu, be complete, unharmed, be paid; Aramaic שְׁלֵים, bdb102202 be complete, safe, Targum peaceful; Old Aramaic שלם reward, repay (Pa; in proper name); compare Sabean סלם peace HomChr 124, Arabic bdb102203, also bdb102204 safety, security; Assyrian šulmu, welfare; Ethiopic bdb102205 Di322 security peace; Aramaic שְׁלָמָא, bdb102206 security, welfare, Old Aramaic שלם Lzb376, especially = submission, in proper name RSSem. 79 f.; Bondi70 (after Brugsch), compare šarmā, greet, do homage, as loan-word in Egyptian); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural שָֽׁלְמוּ Isaiah 60:20; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁלָ֑ם Job 9:4; feminine תַּשְׁלַם 1 Kings 7:51 + 2 times; —
1. be complete, finished, ended: temple 1 Kings 7:51 2 Chronicles 5:1; walls of city Nehemiah 6:15; of time Isaiah 60:20.
2. be sound, uninjured, Job 9:4.
Pi. 89 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁלַּם Leviticus 5:24 +, 1st person singular וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׁלֵּם Exodus 21:34 +; suffix יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה Leviticus 24:18 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שַׁלֵּם Ecclesiastes 5:3 + Eccl 50:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׁלֵּם Exodus 21:36 +; construct id. Proverbs 22:27, etc.; Participle מְשַׁלֵּם Deuteronomy 7:10 +, etc.; —
1. complete, finish, temple 1 Kings 9:25.
2. make safe, with accusative Job 8:6.
3. make whole or good, restore thing lost Joel 2:25, or stolen Exodus 21:37 [Exodus 22:1] (E); pay a debt 2 Kings 4:7; Psalm 37:21 Proverbs 22:27 Job 41:3; make compensation, for injury Leviticus 24:18, 21 (P); for trespass in sacred things Leviticus 5:16 (P).
4. make good, i.e. pay, vows, with accusative נֶדֶר Deuteronomy 23:22; 2 Samuel 15:7 + 9 times, + (with ל to God) Psalm 50:14; Psalm 66:13; Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18; object omitted Psalm 76:12; absolute Isaiah 19:21; with accusative תּוֺדוֺת with ל to God Psalm 56:13; פרים שׂפתינו Hosea 14:3.
5. requite, recompense, reward, good 1 Samuel 24:20; Ruth 2:12; evil Isaiah 65:6; Jeremiah 51:56; with ל person Deuteronomy 7:10 + 4 times, + (with accusative of thing) Jeremiah 51:24; אל person Job 21:19; accusative of thing Proverbs 20:22; Jeremiah 16:18; שְׁלַּם גְּמוּל לְ Isaiah 59:18 (twice in verse) (but see I.שִׁלֵּם), Isaiah 66:6 + (see גְּמוּל); מֹּעַל לְ שׁ׳ Job 34:11; גְּמוּל עַל שׁ׳ Joel 4:4 [Joel 3:4]; עַל חֵיק Isaiah 65:6; אֶלחַֿיק Jeremiah 32:18; with ל person and כ of deeds, שׁ׳ reward according to one's works 2 Samuel 3:39 + 3 times; accusative of person Psalm 31:24; accusative of thing רעה תחת טובה שׁ׳ Genesis 44:4 (J) + Genesis 35:12; Genesis 38:21 (read מְשַׁלְּמֵנִי).
Pu. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשֻׁלַּם Psalm 65:2; Jeremiah 18:20; יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם Proverbs 11:31; Proverbs 13:13; —
1. be performed, of vow Psalm 65:2.
2. be repaid, requited, Jeremiah 18:20; Proverbs 11:31; Proverbs 13:13.
Hiph.
1. complete, perform: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁלִים Job 23:14; Isaiah 44:26, יַשְׁלִם Isaiah 44:26.
2. make an end of, 2nd person masculine singular suffix תֵּשְׁלִימֵנִי Isaiah 38:12, 13 (Greek Version of the LXX Du Marti deliver up to pains, as in Aramaic).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8000.

† [שָׁלַם] verb denominative be in covenant of peace;-
Qal Imperative שְׁלָ֑ם Job 22:21 be at peace (in covenant); Participle suffix שׁוֺלְמִי Psalm 7:5 i.e. my ally, friend (compare Psalm 41:10); Participle passive construct שְׁלֻמֵי 2 Samuel 20:19, read שָׂמוּ Greek Version of the LXX EwG iii. 264 Dr (compare We) HPS and modern.
Pu. Participle מְשֻׁלָּם Isaiah 42:19 one in covenant of peace (with י׳; but Greek Version of the LXX משְׁלָם their ruler, so CheHpt; Ges Hi Ew and others one resigned (to God), read then מָשְׁלָם, compare √, Arabic IV.; Krochm Grä Marti מְשֻׁלָּחַי).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִשְׁלִ֫ימָה Joshua 10:4; Joshua 11:19; 3rd person masculine plural הִשְׁלִ֫ימוּ Joshua 10:1; Imperfect יַשְׁלִים Isaiah 44:26 +, יַשְׁלִם Proverbs 16:7; וַיַּשְׁלֵם 1 Kings 22:45, etc.; —
1. make peace with, אֶת, Joshua 10:1, 4; 2 Samuel 10:19 = 1 Chronicles 19:19 (עִם); עִם Deuteronomy 20:12; 1 Kings 22:45; with אֶל pregnantly Joshua 11:19 submitting unto.
2. cause to be at peace, אֶת, Proverbs 16:7.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הָשְׁלְאָה Job 5:23 live in peace with, לְ (|| ברית).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:12; 38:21; 44:4

Exodus

21:34; 21:36; 22:1

Leviticus

5:16; 24:18; 24:18; 24:21

Deuteronomy

7:10; 7:10; 20:12; 23:22

Joshua

10:1; 10:1; 10:4; 10:4; 11:19; 11:19

Ruth

2:12

1 Samuel

24:20

2 Samuel

3:39; 10:19; 15:7; 20:19

1 Kings

7:51; 7:51; 9:25; 22:45; 22:45

2 Kings

4:7

1 Chronicles

19:19

2 Chronicles

5:1

Nehemiah

6:15

Job

5:23; 8:6; 9:4; 9:4; 21:19; 22:21; 23:14; 34:11; 41:3

Psalms

7:5; 31:24; 37:21; 41:10; 50:14; 56:13; 65:2; 65:2; 66:13; 76:12; 116:14; 116:18

Proverbs

11:31; 11:31; 13:13; 13:13; 16:7; 16:7; 20:22; 22:27; 22:27

Ecclesiastes

5:3

Isaiah

19:21; 38:12; 38:13; 42:19; 44:26; 44:26; 44:26; 59:18; 60:20; 60:20; 65:6; 65:6; 66:6

Jeremiah

16:18; 16:18; 18:20; 18:20; 32:18; 51:24; 51:56

Hosea

14:3

Joel

2:25; 3:4

H7999

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Strong's Number H7999 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַם (šālam),
which occurs 116 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 34:11–Jer 51:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - For He repays man according to his work,
And makes man to find a reward according to his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33 - Should He repay it according to your terms,
Just because you disavow it?
You must choose, and not I;
Therefore speak what you know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:11 - Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
Everything under heaven is Mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25 - My praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints!
For the LORD preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:12 - They reward me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:21 - The wicked borrows and does not repay,
But the righteous shows mercy and gives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - Those also who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:10 - But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 - Offer to God thanksgiving,
And pay your vows to the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:12 - Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God;
I will render praises to You,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:8 - So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may daily perform my vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
For You render to each one according to his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the vow shall be performed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:13 - I will go into Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11 - Make vows to the LORD your God, and pay them;
Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:14 - I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18 - I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:31 - Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold;
He may have to give up all the substance of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:14 - “I have peace offerings with me;
Today I have paid my vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 - If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth,
How much more the ungodly and the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13 - He who despises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:21 - Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:7 - When a man’s ways please the LORD,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:17 - He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD,
And He will pay back what he has given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Do not say, “I will recompense evil”;
Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27 - If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:22 - For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
And the LORD will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it;
For He has no pleasure in fools.
Pay what you have vowed—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:5 - Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12 - My life span is gone,
Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have cut off my life like a weaver.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - I have considered until morning—
Like a lion,
So He breaks all my bones;
From day until night You make an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - Who is blind but My servant,
Or deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as he who is perfect,
And blind as the LORD’s servant?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:18 - I have seen his ways, and will heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to his mourners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18 - According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the LORD will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - “Behold, it is written before Me:
I will not keep silence, but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:6 - The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the LORD,
Who fully repays His enemies!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - “And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Shall evil be repaid for good?
For they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember that I stood before You
To speak good for them,
To turn away Your wrath from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:14 - ‘(For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - ‘You show lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them—the Great, the Mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - “Call together the archers against Babylon.
All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around;
Let none of them escape.[fn]
Repay her according to her work;
According to all she has done, do to her;
For she has been proud against the LORD,
Against the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance;
He shall recompense her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24 - “And I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the LORD.

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