Jeremiah 51:5

forsaken lit. widowed, cp. Isaiah 54:4. The word is masculine, contrary to the figure (e.g. Jeremiah 2:2) where Israel is the wife, and Jehovah the husband.

though their land, etc.] i.e. in spite of the guilt of the people of Jehovah. The Heb. conjunction, however, is better rendered for, and "their land" understood to be Chaldaea. In that case we should (with Co.) transpose the two parts of the v.