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Hebrew homonyms are often a rich source of linguistic speculation. Do they only sound alike, or are they etymologically related? In this chapter, we encounter a pair of nearly identical words that appear in tandem with one another, suggesting a more profound relationship than just similar sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this chapter, Jeremiah prophesied about the impending destruction of Babylon. Curiously, the language he employed in forecasting their defeat was markedly like that which he used earlier to predict the downfall of Israel. His warning to Israel was:<\/span><\/p>\n

From the north shall disaster break loose upon all the inhabitants of the land! For I am summoning all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north \u2014declares the LORD. They shall come and shall each set up a throne before the gates of Jerusalem, against its walls roundabout, and against all the towns of Judah. (1:14-15)<\/span><\/p>\n

And, now, his prophecy to Babylon was:<\/span><\/p>\n

For see, I am rousing and leading an assemblage of great nations against Babylon from the lands of the north. They shall draw up their lines against her; there she shall be captured. Their arrows are like those of a skilled warrior who does not turn back without hitting the mark. (50:9)<\/span><\/p>\n

Continuing this prophecy of doom, Jeremiah foretold Babylon\u2019s defeat at the hands of this northern enemy\u2014whom we know to have been Cyrus, King of Persia and Medea (v.11)\u2014who would slay them with swords. Indeed, the word <\/span>cherev<\/span><\/i>, meaning sword, appears five times in vs. 35-37, and it was forecast to strike, in due course, the Chaldeans, their diviners, warriors, horses, and treasuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Immediately thereafter there appears an ostensible non-sequitur: \u201cA drought against its waters, that they be dried up! For it is a land of idols; They are besotted by their dread images\u201d (38). The transition from swords to a drought can be explained, thematically, as the changeover from man-made destruction to natural catastrophe. However, that conjunction may very well have been assisted, or even impelled, by the fact that the Hebrew word for drought is <\/span>chorev<\/span><\/i>, which appears to share an etymology with <\/span>cherev<\/span><\/i>, or sword as though to say that Babylon would suffer devastation from both of these sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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