Jeremiah 51:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”

Young's Literal Translation
We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.

King James Bible
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up [even] to the skies.

Hebrew
“We tried to heal
רִפִּ֣ינוּ (rip·pî·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure

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

but she could not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be healed.
נִרְפָּ֔תָה (nir·pā·ṯāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure

Abandon her!
עִזְב֕וּהָ (‘iz·ḇū·hā)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

Let each
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of us go
וְנֵלֵ֖ךְ (wə·nê·lêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to his own land,
לְאַרְצ֑וֹ (lə·’ar·ṣōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

her judgment
מִשְׁפָּטָ֔הּ (miš·pā·ṭāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

extends
נָגַ֤ע (nā·ḡa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the sky
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and reaches
וְנִשָּׂ֖א (wə·niś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the clouds.”
שְׁחָקִֽים׃ (šə·ḥā·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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